Risography is an environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient printing method that yields gorgeous color and layering.
Our Inks
These are the inks we currently have, though we hope to continuously add more.
Need help formatting or separating your colors from a full-color file to be riso-ready? We recommend using Spectrolite. We’re also available to do it for you, for a flat fee of $10/print, $25/zine.
* starred inks are only available on 8.5”x11 or smaller. all other inks are available up to 11”x17.
*MAROON #9e4c6e
*FLUO PINK #ff48b0
FLUO ORANGE #ff7477
*YELLOW #ffe800
LIGHT LIME #e3ed55
*MINT #82d8d5
KELLY GREEN #67b346
TEAL #00838a
BLUE #0078bf
FLAT GOLD #bb8b41
*BLACK #000000
TBD 2026 #??????
Our Paper
Come check out our paper in-person! We have a variety of text-weight and cover-weight 8.5x11 and 11x17 paper in lovely textures and shades of creams, greens, purples, pinks, oranges, and more. All paper is responsibly sourced from French Paper Co, a paper mill in Michigan using 100% renewable electricity from their on-site hydroelectric plant.
You’re also welcome to bring your own paper, just know that it must be uncoated and no thicker than 80# cover-weight.
How to Print with Us
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For those new to Riso or returning after an extended break, we require that you attend a Riso 101 workshop before printing with us. They take place twice a month at the shop and will give you all the basics you'll need for printing with us!
If you want to learn but need a scholarship, please reach out via our booking form or Instagram, as we do have them available!
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Make an appointment with us here. Typically a printing appointment takes about an hour. To see how much you can expect printing to cost, see below.
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Print! Come in at your appointment time; we require masking in the shop but let us know if you have any other accessibility requirements and we will make sure the space is ready for you. :)
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Pricing
* amount of prints: price per print (1-sided)
* Default paper size is 8.5x11
* 11x17 paper adds $0.10 per print
* Please note that quantities are per design. If you are making 30 prints total but each one is an edition of 10, your total price will be higher than one print edition of 30. This is because risography uses stencils (“masters”) that are costly.
* Swan Meadow does not include cost for master usage in our pricing chart below. We do this because we assume every appointment will use between 1-2 masters per color layer.
* Every master use for artist aesthetic choices over 2 will incur a $5/master fee.
1-color
10-24: $1.15
25-49: $1.00
50-99: $0.75
100-200: $0.50
2-color
10-24: $2.00
25-49: $1.75
50-99: $1.25
100-200: $0.75
3-color
10-24: $2.50
25-49: $2.15
50-99: $1.50
100-200: $1.00
4-color
10-24: $3.15
25-49: $2.75
50-99: $2.00
100-200: $1.25