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Risograph File Prep: Photoshop Guide

The document provides a step-by-step guide for preparing raster images for Risograph printing using Photoshop. It outlines the necessary document settings, options for converting images to color separations, and instructions for splitting channels to create grayscale files for printing. Additionally, it emphasizes following the Risograph Printing Guide for proper artwork placement and printing order.

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Risograph File Prep: Photoshop Guide

The document provides a step-by-step guide for preparing raster images for Risograph printing using Photoshop. It outlines the necessary document settings, options for converting images to color separations, and instructions for splitting channels to create grayscale files for printing. Additionally, it emphasizes following the Risograph Printing Guide for proper artwork placement and printing order.

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Risograph File Preparation - Raster Images in Photoshop

Create a new document in Photoshop.


Your document should be:

• 300dpi
• tabloid sized
• portrait oriented

There is a preset for this in the Print tab in the New


Document menu.

Fig 1 - New Document

Insert your full-color artwork into the document.

Be sure to follow the placement guidelines in the Printable Area


and Ink sections of the Risograph Printing Guide.

From here there are two main options for converting your image in
to color separations, channels, for printing.

Fig 2- Insert Artwork

Option 1. Convert your image to CMYK Mode Option 2. Convert your image to a [RISO] profile

Go to Image > Mode > CMYK Color Go to Edit > Covert to Profile. Select Advanced. Select
a [RISO] profile from the Multichannel dropdown menu.
This will give you 4 color channels. While CMYK does not
translate directly to Riso ink colors, Blue can approximate Cyan This will break your file up into 2 or 3 color channels profiled
and Fluorescent Pink can approximate Magenta. to match available Risograph inks.
For this example I used the [RISO] Blue -
Fluorescent Pink - Yellow profile, which gave me
three corresponding color channels (see Fig 3).

At this point, you can edit the individual color channels


if need be. Go to Image > Adjustments to access
available adjustments such as Levels, Curves, or
Brightness/Contrast.

Fig 3 - Channels Window

Once you have made all of your desired edits, open the menu in the
Channels Window and select Split Channels.

This will create a new grayscale file for each color channel in your
document. These grayscale files are what we will actually send to the
printer.

Fig 4 - Split Channels

Starting with your lightest color (yellow, then pink,


blue, black) and/or your channel with the least
amount of ink coverage, begin sending your prints
following the instructions in the Printing to the
Riso SF9450 guide.

Find more information at:


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