Course detail

RISO Lab

FaVU-RIS1Acad. year: 2022/2023

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

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Karel Bařina, DiS.

Department

Graphic Design Studio 2 (AGD2)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

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.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of courses: Book Binding 1, Book Binding 2, Screenprinting - winter, Screenprinting – summer.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical lectures, practical examples of prints and publications printed by risograph technology, practical examples of graphic ways of creating templates for printing, discussions, consultations of ideological proposals.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Credit is awarded based on active participation lessons and submitting practical output.

Course curriculum

1/ Introduction to Risograph printing technology
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

Work placements

Not applicable.

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 EZ 571E machine. The output will be a printed book/publication/zine or poster.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lessons are held in the Faculty of Fine Arts Bookbinding workshop through practical exercises and theoretical lectures. Participation is mandatory (tolerated absence 20%).

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

compulsory co-requisite
Silkscreen Printing - winter
compulsory co-requisite
Silkscreen Printing - summer

Basic literature

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

Type of course unit

Lecture

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Karel Bařina, DiS.

Practical class

21 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Karel Bařina, DiS.

VUT

Faculties

University Institutes

Parts

RISO Lab

Type of course unit