A Risograph print guide designed & curated by Dizzy Ink.

09. PRINTABLE AREA

Risograph printers only go up to A3. There are a few very rare A2 machines out in the wild, but for the most part, A3 is the ballgame!

The machine needs a little grip around the edge of the paper where it can’t print. On an A3 sheet (297 × 420mm), this means leaving a 5mm clear border around each edge, giving us a maximum printable area of 287 × 410mm.

Keep anything important comfortably inside this area so it doesn’t get lost.

If you want your artwork to run right to the edge (full bleed), then no problem, your final print will be slighly smaller than standard.

PRINT SIZE GUIDE ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETRES (MM).

A3 REGULAR410 × 287mm artwork + 5mm margins

420mm

297mm

410 × 287mmARTWORK AREA

PAPER SIZE (420 × 297mm) 5MM MARGIN ARTWORK AREA (410 × 287mm)

A4 REGULAR287 × 200mm artwork + 5mm margins

297mm

210mm

287 × 200mmARTWORK AREA

PAPER SIZE (297 × 210mm) 5MM MARGIN ARTWORK AREA (287 × 200mm)

A5 REGULAR200 × 138.5mm artwork + 5mm margins

210mm

148mm

200 × 138.5mmARTWORK AREA

PAPER SIZE (210 × 148mm) 5MM MARGIN ARTWORK AREA (200 × 138.5mm)

A6 REGULAR138.5 × 95mm artwork + 5mm margins

148mm

105mm

138.5 × 95mmARTWORK AREA

PAPER SIZE (148 × 105mm) 5MM MARGIN ARTWORK AREA (138.5 × 95mm)

A3 REDUCED (FULL BLEED)Approx 403 × 280mm final prints

420mm

297mm

403 × 280mmFINAL PRINT SIZE

FINAL PRINT (approx 403 × 280mm)

A4 REDUCED (FULL BLEED)Approx 280 × 193mm final prints

297mm

210mm

280 × 193mmFINAL PRINT SIZE

FINAL PRINT (approx 280 × 193mm)

A5 REDUCED (FULL BLEED)Approx 193 × 131.5mm final prints

210mm

148mm

193 × 131.5mmFINAL PRINT SIZE

FINAL PRINT (approx 193 × 131.5mm)

A6 REDUCED (FULL BLEED)Approx 131.5 × 88mm final prints

148mm

105mm

131.5 × 88mmFINAL PRINT SIZE

FINAL PRINT (approx 131.5 × 88mm)