In the beginning of our career as a business unit as well as
creative practitioner, we produced conventional photo book.
Meaning, we printed it digitally due to economical reason as a
newbie. That printing method is also common among our friends due
to its affordable price and its ability to print in small quantity.
In 2017, we went to Bangkok, Thailand, for an art project. At that
time, we met Lee Anantawat from Poop Press. She introduced us to
Risograph printing method. Its efficiency, eco-friendliness, and
uniqueness make us fall in love with this machine.
Our interest continued as we met Irfan Hendrian from IH Studio
in Bandung, Indonesia, as one of Risograph pioneer in Indonesia. In
the late 2017, supervised by Irfan Hendrian, we produced our first
Risograph photo book called Klik. After that, we decided to focus
on the exploration of photography through Risograph printing
method. Now, we have produced around 10 photo books and several
titles of art print.
This online publication is our attempt to introduce you to this
printing method. By collaborating with Indonesian and Thai artists,
we bring you the joy of producing art with this machine. This zine
is also a celebration of BKKABF Online Festival 2020 as
online-based art book fair and us as global community.
Cheers,Kamboja Press
10Nawin Nuthong
LUVBIRDS
12Owi Liunic
Don't Take Colors For Granted
16Rakhmat Jaka
Barokah Riso
17Asto Adiprastowo
Risokurobo
22Lee Anantawat
Smudging Society
23Yudit Halim
Breaking Press
24Janejira Taechakampu
Since 1986
6Witti Studio
Perfectly Imperfect
8Tasia Sugiyanto
Reese-OH!
9Celcea TifaniHugs Combo
13Suparkon Tanongka
ECO Friendly
14Dolby
Print Isn't Dead
15Lutfi Aufar Rise of Riso
18Raihan Kiagoos
TRANSFORMERS_XXX_MALE
20Mahdi AlbartRiso Ain't Dead
21Elisa Cindy
Riso Bar
Introduction Contents
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What is Risograph?
Print with Risographfor Dummies
Risograph is an environmentally friendly and cost-effective
printer, which uses soy-based inks to produce unique outcomes. Each
stencil (master) is made from thermal sensitive paper and unlike
offset printing, it only takes a single print for screen to be
fully inked and ready to print thousands of copies. Risograph is
extremely energy efficient and generates a minimal amount of
waste.
The underlying technology of a Risograph is very similar to that
of screen printing. The original image file is sent to the machine
and it is burnt onto a master, the master is then wrapped around a
print drum. This drum then rotates at high speed which pushes the
ink through the screen and onto the paper as it is sent through the
machine.
Your artwork should be setup as separate greyscale PDF files,
one for each color layer, similar to the way artwork is prepared.
For screen printing. Risograph cannot print full bleed. There is a
5mm border on A3 prints.
A3 paper size297mm x 420mmA3 printable area:287mm x 410mm
A4 paper size297mm x 210mmA4 printable area:287mm x 200mm
Please include at least 3mm bleed on your print ready artwork if
you need full bleed prints.
Tips to Print Text with Risograph
Get to Know Risograph Ink and Machine
Deal with Paper
When printing multiple layers, avoid heavy ink coverage at the
paper feeding edge as the Risograph feeds in paper with a set of
rubber rollers. Heavy inking and more than two colors will leave
track marks on your print. The ink also may dry slower or faster
depending on the quality of the paper.
Risograph is not perfect like an inkjet or laser printer. The
prints will probably look different from what you see on your
computer screen. The prints will differ very slightly from one
another. Printing more than one color will require more than one
pass and is best to assume that misregistration will occur. Include
trapping where necessary.
Risograph can take paper stock from 40gsm to 400gsm with minimum
paper size 100mm x 170mm to maximum 297mm x 420mm.
Risograph can only take uncoated paper.
Varnish coat maybe needed for some purposes like business card
or book cover.
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It is best to set your text under 12pt in black (100% K) to get
the most solid print possible.
Do not set type in Photoshop (raster) as that will cause
pixelation.
Do not set type below 6pt.
Note: When using without text, the printer is not reading it as
text, but rather the pixels around the text, se be careful with
percentages of color.
Text byIrfan Hendrian& Kamboja Press
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It is not possible to cover the full printable area with 100%
ink density as it causes paper jams. Large areas of block color
will not print out evenly, it will also cause print marks. It is,
however, possible to full the entire printed area with an ink
density of around 75%.
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