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Riso printing

Risograph Printing has unique characteristics and always contains slight imperfections, we like to call these “charm”. Charm may include: 

Registration. Riso is like screen printing in that each ink color is layered on separately. A single piece of paper will run through our machines several times for multi-color projects and the overlap of colors can be irregular.

Smudging. Risograph ink is made from a combination of environmentally friendly soy oil, water and pigment, the prints are reminiscent of newspaper ink and it is possible to smudge the ink.

Uneven coverage. Large flat areas of solid ink coverage are likely to show some slight variations, which can include pinholes and flooding.

Roller marks. When a paper is fed through the machine multiple times and it is heavily inked, the paper feeder rollers may leave tire marks on the pages face or end sheets.

PAPER OPTIONS

We use paper with weights from 20lb bond (75 gsm) to 80lb cover (218 gsm). We try to keep a variety of paper types and weights in stock. If we do not have it we will do our best to get it.

Due to the nature of Riso ink, we can only work with absorbent, non-coated paper. Using absorbent paper will minimize potential smudging. We have found that vellum and smooth papers work the best.

File Set-Up

If you need help setting up your files let us know we can give you an estimate to make it happen.

Max paper size: 11" x 17" Max printable area: 10.5" x 16.5"

In order to take your project to print, we need a 300-600 PPI PDF or PSD file with your spot colors channel separated.

We will also accept grayscale separations for each ink color, please be sure to title each separation with the corresponding ink color name you wish to print with. Click here to download our current color options.

Please DO NOT:

  • Include crop marks

  • Flatten your PDFs

  • Tile your artwork up for print

Please DO:

  • Include an extra 1/8" (.125") of image or background color that extends past the trim area if your artwork extends to the edges of the trim edge (full bleed)

  • Only choose inks from our list of available ink colors in this document.