Course detail
RISO Lab
FaVU-RIS1Acad. year: 2023/2024
Risograph has been relatively little used up until recently when became an increasingly popular high-speed digital printing system based on stencil printing (similar to screen printing technology). Although the machine is very similar to a xerox machine, it works completely differently. It has gained popularity around the world among low-cost printing due to its relatively low acquisition and running costs, speed, and peculiar print quality. It has become a popular printing technique for original prints and posters. Students will gradually, theoretically, and practically, get acquainted with printing on Risograph. They will receive the necessary information about the differences between different printing technologies. They will learn how to create templates and operate the Riso EZ 571E printing machine. The course also includes basic work with Adobe Photoshop software which allows students to create a template from the image template for trapping four colors, and Adobe InDesign, where they will deepen their skills in preparing and exporting a document for printing on Risograph. The main goal of the course is to support students' creative activities in the field of creating low-cost original prints and publications, as well as to provide an assistance in their artistic development.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Lessons are held in the Faculty of Fine Arts Bookbinding workshop through practical exercises and theoretical lectures. Participation is mandatory (tolerated absence 20%).
Aims
Students learn how to use technology of the digital printer Risograph EZ 571E and a specific way of preparing print data for riso-print. After mastering the practical operation of the machine, students design their own original project, which they later print in 35 copies in the form of two-color printing.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- compulsory co-requisite
Silkscreen Printing - winter - compulsory co-requisite
Silkscreen Printing - summer
Basic literature
Recommended reading
AMBROSE, Gavin a Paul HARRIS. Grafický design: tisk a dokončovací práce. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-251-2968-5. (CS)
KOMURKI, John Z. Silkscreen Masters: Secrets of the World's Top Screen Printers. Moleskine srl, 2017. ISBN-13 978-8866131663, (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme VUB Bachelor's
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-VT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-IDT , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
branch VU-D , 4 year of study, winter semester, elective - Programme DES_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2/ Introduction to the technology of preparing templates for printing
3/ Creation of two-colour stencils
4/ Printing with the Risograph
5/ Technological solution for four-colour printing on the Risograph
6/ Preparing and dividing the image into four colour channels using Adobe Photoshop software
7/ Prepress data preparation for four-colour printing
8/ Creation of matrices using PC for four-colour printing
9/ Printing using Risograph digital printer
10/ Consultation on the conceptual design for the author's book/publication/zine or poster