Course detail

RISO Lab

FaVU-RIS1Acad. year: 2025/2026

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

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

No specific prior expertise is needed.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Credit is awarded based on active participation lessons and submitting practical output.
Lessons are held in the Faculty of Fine Arts Bookbinding workshop through practical exercises and theoretical lectures. Participation is mandatory (tolerated absence 20%).

Aims

The aim of the course is a practical acquaintance with the issue of printing technology on the printing device Risograph through practical exercises focused on the two-colors register using a printer. Students will acquire skills in the manual preparation of an image master, and they will learn to practically operate the Riso machine. The output will be a printed book/publication/zine or poster.
Students learn how to use technology of the digital printer Risograph 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

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KOMURKI, John Z. Risomania: The New Spirit of Printing. Niggli Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-7212-0966-2. (EN)

Recommended reading

AMBROSE, Gavin a Paul HARRIS. Grafický design: formát. Brno: Computer Press, 2011. ISBN 978-80-251-2966-1. (CS)
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 DES_B Bachelor's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    4 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    4 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    4 year of study, winter semester, elective
    2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
    4 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme VUM_B Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective
    3 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Practical class

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Úvod do technologie tisku na zařízení Risograph
2. Představení technologie přípravy šablon pro tisk
3. Tvorba matric pro soutisk dvou barev
4. Tisk pomocí tiskárny Risograph
5. Technologické řešení soutisku čtyř barev na tiskovém zařízení Risograph
6. Příprava a rozdělení obrazu do čtyř kanálů barev pomocí softwaru Adobe Photoshop
7. Předtisková příprava dat pro soutisk čtyř barev
8. Tvorba matric pomocí PC pro soutisk čtyř barev
9. Tisk pomocí digitální tiskárny Risograph
10. Konzultace nad ideovým návrhem pro autorskou knihu/publikaci/zin nebo plakátu

Individual preparation for an ending of the course

18 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Individual preparation for excercises

7 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer