The digital screen making machine “GOCCOPRO” from RISO can be considered a groundbreaking device in the world of screen printing. Screen making can be done quickly and at low cost with a simple operation like a printer, and since there is no need for a dark room or washing equipment, capital investment is small. It is a process-saving, cost-saving, and ecological screen -making method compared to emulsion screen -making.
Contents
- Chronology
- History of the GOCCOPRO
- Third-generation screen master with enhanced printing and solvent resistance!
- Introducing a RISO Master Hardener with improved visibility RISO MASTER HAEDENER RED
1977-2012
The PRINTGOCCO
(Photo: PRINTGOCCO B6 Yellow Body)
A long-standing bestseller that has surpassed a cumulative total of 10 million units over the course of 35 years.
2001-2020
The SP400D was exclusively marketed in Japan
The first digital Screen making machine.
2011
GOCCOPRO 100
Low cost & space saving
Business entry model that can also make long screens.
2014
GOCCOPRO QS200
Wide variety of compatible frame sizes!
A high-spec model capable of screen making in A2 wide size.
2017
GOCCOPRO QS2536
High accuracy & high image quality!
Professional model compatible with large format frames of automatic printing machines for T-shirts.
2019
MiScreen a4
Compact and easy-to-carry screen making machine
2021
GOCCOPRO QS1836
Ideal for A3 size Screen making
Professional model compatible with long-stand table printing.
The market is expanding
History of the GOCCOPRO
This year commemorates the 10th anniversary since the launch of the inaugural model in the series, the “GOCCOPRO 100.” Its fundamental technology, the “RISO DTS (*1)” traces its origins back to the mimeograph version of the “RISO” introduced in 1958. This innovation brings us back to the essence of the “RISOGRAPH.”
*1: RISO DTS = Abbreviation for RISO Dry Thermal screen Making System
This is a printing machine developed by Riso Kagaku Corporation (the company name at the time of its establishment in 1946 was Riso Shya), which was founded as a mimeograph printing business.
Since then, he has produced products that utilize the principle of mimeograph, such as the simple printing machine for home use “Print Gocco” (1977) and the automatic printing machine “Risograph” (1980).
Both mimeograph and screen printing are forms of stencil printing.
Riso Kagaku Corporation has developed a digital screen machine “SP400D” obtained from the step of Screen making of RISOGRAPH.
The “GOCCOPRO 100” is a further evolution of the machine’s performance.
Both mimeograph and screen printing are forms of stencil printing.
Furthermore, the user-friendly nature of ‘Print Gocco,’ offering an enjoyable stencil printing experience as a hobby, seamlessly transitions to the professional realm with ‘MiScreen A4,’ a tool ideal for crafting products for prosumers.
In this way, the “GOCCOPRO Series” was not born in one day, but a system created by Riso Kagaku Corporation, which has been a wide-ranging stencil duplicating technology maker for 75 years.
The reason why the GOCCOPRO series is so popular is that it continued to pursue the “ideal Screen making machine” after that.
Three years after the GOCCOPRO 100 was released, the “QS200” compatible with A2 wide size was released, and three years later, the high-end model “QS2536” boasting high accuracy and high image quality of 1200dpi was developed.
And this spring, “QS1836” corresponding to the frame for the long stand was newly added.
Riso is unique not only in developing hardware that meets such user needs, but also in researching not only machines but also software and supplies.
Until now, screen masters with improved solvent resistance, reinforcing agent “RISO MASTER HARDENER RED” with improved printing resistance, and dedicated software “GOCCOPRO Smart Color Separation” that automatically color-codes original data on a computer, etc. Has been provided to users.
As a result, the “GOCCOPRO Series” has become synonymous with digital Screen making machines, but in Europe and the United States, where efforts for ecology and digitization are advancing, GOCCOPRO is becoming the norm for screen Screen making.
It has been 10 years since its release. The GOCCOPRO series has steadily evolved into a machine that satisfies users.
It can be said that the background was 75 years of knowledge of stencil printing and constant efforts to pursue the ideal digital Screen making.
Third-generation Digital Screen Master with enhanced printing and solvent resistance!
-A new master that will not be damaged even when cleaning the film surface with a solvent
Improved durability when using solvent ink.
The master is highly durable, even when using solvent ink, enabling high-precision multicolor printing.
-Wide variety of mesh lineup
A wide variety of mesh counts is available, including #50, #70, #100, #120, #135, #180, #200, #225, #250, #270, and #300.(*2)
-Visibility is improved by Pink Master
A pink master(*3) is also available to improve the visibility of pre-made images.
*2: Includes made-to-order product RISO Digital Screen Master. The mesh options for the GOCCOPRO 100 are #70, #120, and #200.
*3: Available for the QS series #70, #120,#200 Masters only
>>See more details about the RISO DIGITAL SCREEN MASTER lineup
Introducing a RISO Master Hardener with improved visibility
RISO MASTER HAEDENER RED
A water-based reinforcing agent that improves durability by coating the pre-made screen master.
The number of printed sheets per screen is increased by 1,000 or more(*4), and the occurrence of pinholes is suppressed.
Since it is colored, it is easy to match the screen (right photo).
Compatible with water-based inks and plastisol inks.
*4: Measured value by Riso Kagaku Corporation