Kulturbüro Zürich – Riso EZ570

Riso EZ570

Riso introduction

An introduction is required to print with the Riso EZ570 at Kulturbüro. A registration is required, either by phone or directly at Kulturbüro.

Assisted printing on Friday

After the workshop, assisted printing is possible from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm (1 to max. 2 hours at a time).

Free printing during office hours

For free (as well as assisted) printing during the Kulturbüro opening hours please make a reservation by phone or directly at the Kulturbüro.

Prices

Print: 0.20 CHF
Master film: 0.50 CHF
Copy cards: 10/25/50/100 CHF (+ 5 CHF deposit)

Starting with MacOS Ventura it is no longer possible to open the PostScript file (.ps) created as a preliminary stage of the PDF needed for printing in the preview app and save it as a PDF. We recommend using the free script «PostScript to PDF» for this.

To create A3 PDFs with this program, add «_A3» to the name of the program. For A4, add «_A4» accordingly. Then open the programme and select the PS, the PDF is automatically created in the correct format.

PostScript to PDF

Printing technique

Risography is a rotating stencil printing technique which can be described as a mixture of screen printing and copying. A master film is created from an original (digital or copy), which is placed on a rotating drum. The master film is thermally perforated at the areas where the ink should pass through. The paper being printed passes the rotating drum, from which the ink is applied through a screen and the matrix onto the paper. The process is a screen printing technique and was developed by the Japanese company Riso. The main characteristic of risography is the fact that ink is applied to the paper without the use of chemicals or heat. The ecological advantage is accompanied by low costs.

Our colours

The following colours can currently be printed with the Riso EZ570:

At the moment our organge riso drum is broken and we can't print with organge.

Riso-ABC

The new Riso ABC is here!

The brand-new pocket-sized Riso ABC consisting of three booklets tucked into each other is now available exclusively at the Kulturbüro Zürich for CHF 15! It includes printing guides with image and text, colour charts with all Riso colours available at the Kulturbüro, 2-, 3- and 4-colour print and raster examples. Come and get it!

Papers

The Kulturbüro provides three types of paper in A3 suitable for riso printing:

Daunendruck Natural, 100 g/m2, wide band (included in printing price).
Daunendruck White, 100 g/m2, wide band (included in printing price)
Daunendruck Natural, 200 g/m2, wide band (20 Rappen per piece)

You can bring your own paper. However, you should not use coated or foil-like papers, as the pigment-like, soy-based ink will not hold! The largest possible format to be printed is A3.