Exploriso
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Exploriso:
Low-tech
Fine Art
Prefix
Prefaces
Introduction
History
The 19th century
The Rise Of The Mimeograph
The Name Mimeograph
Further developements
The 20th century
The xerographic process
Flatbed duplicators
The story of Noboru Hayama
Hayama’s first own invention
Innovation through automation
PrintGocco, the top seller
Worldwide successes
Colour
General information
Amicability
Colour palette
Separations
Ad hoc separation of colour channels
Convert via “Custom CMYK” and GCR
Tonal separation by setting a threshold value
Duotone, tritone or quadtone separations
Using MultiColour Profiles for the Risograph
Saving Images that use a MultiColour-Profile
Software for creating colour profiles
Creating colour profiles for the risograph
ICC profiles
The L*a*b colour space
The CIE Yxy colour model
The CIE L*a*b colour model
Color determination through colour measurement patches
Colour process accuracy
Loading the primary color fields
Primary colors of the color measurement fields
Creating a test chart
Importing the color measurement information
Printing the color measurement chart
Linking color reference and measurement result
Multichannel profiling the test result
Saving the ICC profile
Daily work with the color profiles
Replacing the colour drum
Exchanging the ink cartridge
Reprogramming a colour drum
Deep cleaning a colour drum
The “right” ink coverage
Paper
Surface quality
Roughness
Pretreated papers
Optimal ink coverage
Running direction
Grammages
Common paper formats
Special paper formats
Print oversized papers (A3 +)
Coloured substrates
File Handling
Separation Preview
Colour space
File naming
(Flat) files without layers
Images
Fonts
Simulating colours
Ink coverage when colouring larger areas
Format
Transparancies
Publish PDFs
Write a PostScript print file and print to Adobe Distiller [File > Print / File > Print Booklet]
Export PDF [File > Export]
Printing
The print method
Copy mode
Planning print and finishing
Print menu
Creating templates on the computer
Screen angles
Screen width
Printing grained colour separations
Colour order
Control panel on the risograph
The paper feed of the risograph
Replacing the master roll
The paper feed adjustment wheel
Inaccuracies
Interval printing
Add a colour assignment to the printer driver
Processing
Precautions
Drying times
Measure to support the drying process
Pressing and cutting printed sheets
Storing printed products
Downloads
Adobe Colour Swatches for InDesign and Illustrator
Device-Independent PostScript Printer Description
Recolouring Charts
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Recolouring Charts
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Recolouring Charts
Charts to help recoloring a colour drum are downloadable here.
Colouring Chart 1
Colouring Chart 2
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Imprint
Exploriso: Low-tech fine art Risography as an artistic printing process, written and edited by Sven Tillack