What is Riso?

“Riso” (理想) in Japanese means “ideal”. Riso is a style of print from risographs, digital duplicators invented by a Japanese printer company in 1946, using soy-based inks that dry through absorption.  The risograph creates a stencil that is laid on a drum filled with ink that turns at a high speed, printing the ink through the stencil and onto the paper. As multiple layers of transparent ink are printed onto the paper, new colors emerge where inks overlap.

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