The Imaging Center is a print service bureau that provides a variety of print services to the CCS community.
A Risograph is a digital stencil duplicator designed for high-volume reproduction of designs. As a printing method, a risograph printer sits somewhere between screen printing and offset lithography. It uses brightly colored inks, or “spot colors” allowing a wide range of bright and beautiful colors.
A Risograph is a cost-effective self-publishing tool and is ideal for posters, graphic prints, comics, zines, or art books.
If you are looking for photographic quality reproduction, we recommend using the Imaging Center’s laser or inkjet printing services instead.
To submit a Risograph print, please visit our Let’s Print site by clicking HERE.
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An image is either sent digitally from the Riso PC or from a physical original via the scanner bed. The master is created by
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The Imaging Center offers 11” x 17” uncoated paper for Risograph printing. There is a 10 copy minimum when ordering Risograph
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The Risograph printer is an enviro-friendly & cost-effective soy ink printer. Soy ink dries through a combination process of
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Your files should be separated into individual black & white images for each color that is to be printed. This is similar to
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The Risograph prints one color at a time, which means your piece needs to be separated into pages by color:
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Use opacities and overprinting, or overlapping colors, to create new values and hues. The RISO will print these colors one at
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The Risograph will add a halftone to photographic images so you don’t need to do any bitmap print. There are two options to
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The Risograph has limits of accuracy. Each color layer requires a separate pass through the printer, registration on multi-co
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Overprinting: is when colors are printed over each other. This creates new colors as the colors are blended. Knockout: is wh
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Understanding RGB vs. CMYK vs. CMY The primary colors of light RGB (Red, Green, and Blue), represent a visual range that, in
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Common Questions If I want to switch out the color of a plate (print on a blue plate using the teal drum), do I need to alter
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What are ink smudges? Riso ink dries through absorption. Similar to a newspaper, prints never fully “cure” or dry. Rubbing th
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Riso Training in Fall 2021Want to learn more about Riso printing? Apply for a 3-week Intro to Riso workshop series. The Intro
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Location & Hours of Operation Located in the CCS Imaging Center6th floor, Taubman Building313-664-1507ic@collegeforcreativest
Adobe Specific Applications
Photoshop
For more information on how to prepare your Photoshop file for Risograph printing, please click HERE.
Illustrator
For more information on how to prepare your Illustrator file for Risograph printing, please click HERE.
InDesign
Stay tuned for more information!
