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Current Colors
Our current color rotation holds 10 colors that can be used as single colors or blend to create an even wider range of colors. The Risograph prints in a scale, which means that you can print in opacity from 0% to 100%.
Cornflower, Sunflower, Bright Red and Black can be used to create a faux CMYK, but often you can get a similar effect using 2 or 3 colors.
3
24
SUNFLOWER
BLACK
2
CORNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER
BRIGHT RED
BRIGHT RED
CORNFLOWER
BRIGHT RED
CORNFLOWER
Alignments and Imperfections
Although we strive for perfection, due to the nature of the Risograph machine, often pages an be misaligned up to 5mm from impression to impression. We advise you to take this into account when designing and allow for the imperfections to flow with the design.
This is part of the beauty of Risograph! Embrace it!
When the image is “punched out” the misalignment is very obvious. Please allow for at least 3-5mm of extra trapping to obtain neater results. When using a complete overlay, there are no signs of shifting but will result in a unique color blend.
Text does not often do well with misalignment. Please use extra caution when using a fine text or small details.
Quirks and Marks
Because of the nature of the soy ink the Risograph uses, the ink takes 24 hours to “cure” but never fully dries. When running multi color prints, we wait 24 hours in between layers but roller marks are still common. They are the result of the pickup wheel collecting ink from print to print.
The backs of prints can also gain some smudging from the stack of wet ink prints coming off of the printer.
Both of these issues can easily be minimized using a standard rubber eraser on the stray marks.