ChrispenEvan said:

Neophyte said:

ChrispenEvan said:

I haven’t heard of it. Quick google shows it is a rotary screen printer. so you would make your screen the usual way, either cut out stencil or photo etched stencil, but unlike usual screen printing you do away with the solid frame and wrap it around a drum.

So it’s like those old Fordigraph/Gestetner machines?

similar in that a stencil is used. later gestetner were litho based machines, fast but horrible to operate. good luck doing multi-colour prints that had to register.

Apparently non-precise registering was part of the charm.

I’m only asking because an acquaintance living in the Shetland Islands sent me a booklet she’d printed via risograph. I presumed they’d gone the way of the dodo, but having never come across one I’m still hazy as to the nature of them – thanks for your input!