Pressto! Studio is Voila! Studio’s dedicated space for Riso printing. Risograph printing is kind of like a photocopier crossed with a screen printer. It uses bright, soy-based inks and masters (stencils) to make bold, textured prints that feel handmade. It's also budget-friendly and easy on the planet. Win-Win.

Your black-and-white artwork gets turned into a stencil, which wraps around a drum filled with your chosen ink colour. The paper feeds through while the drum spins and prints your design, one colour at a time.

The Risograph is perfect for: Artist Prints, Zines, Books, Posters, Flyers, Brochures, Business Cards, Menus, Cards, Postcards, Calendars and can even print 3-4 colour photographs.

Imperfections

Part of the beauty of riso printing is that no two prints are the same. Although we do our best, artwork can contain imperfections such as:

• Misregistration: Like screenprinting, each colour is a separate layer meaning the overlap of colours can sometimes differ.

• Smudging: The ink sits on top of the paper, so it can smudge if you touch it too much.

• Roller marks: Marks caused when the page is heavily inked.

• Uneven ink coverage: Can vary depending on density of ink and type of paper used.

• Colours: Colours are specific to the Riso so can’t be colour matched and can look a lot diffferent in real life that on a screen.