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Added paper wieght notes and success milestones on the Riso learning curve.
- Stage Glass ----> I put this here because I think it is a cool name but I think you know what it is.
'''Paper notes:'''
Here is a little paper guide to thinkness. Note Riso only prints on paper without a coating.
* 35gsm to 55gsm: very thin paper used for newspapers.
* 80gsm to 100gsm: thickness of standard office paper.
* 120gsm to 170gsm: used for printing documents like letterheads, and low-cost budget-style leaflets and posters.
* 200gsm to 300gsm: approaching card and would be best suited to producing magazine or booklet covers and promotional flyers that need to be a little sturdier and better quality than normal.
* 350gsm to 400gsm: This is essentially card, and can be used for business cards, high-quality invitations and document dividers and covers.
'''Never Do's:'''
- Don't use paper that has been rolled in the machine (it will get caught up).
- Don't use paper that has been crumpled (as above).
'''Successes:'''
I thought I would put my learning curve success notes here...
''Day 1'' .
* scanned text,
* enlarged text several steps by using the enlarging function and then creating a new master from this and enlarging again.
* placing a transparent image apon the stage glass with white paper as a backing and then placing a black book over the top a created a new master and then printed this stencil over the enlarged text.
* tried a few different colour drums... suspicious that green gives the machine problems. The most reliable is the black drum so far.
* Placed a large A3 drawing on the stage glass and successfully reduced this to A4.
''Day 2.''
* made a print on my Gestetener scanned this and then printed a grayscale to scan and copy on the Riso, hoping the line work of the Gestetener image and the filled in blocks of grey scale would line up in the Riso. The Riso image once made can be shifted horizontally and vertically, it's very finacky but I was able to get an image I was happy with. Doing this today a succeeded in one of my main goals to make a workflow using both the Gestetener and the Riso.
'''Problem log;'''
