Offprint is a two-person risograph shop and zine imprint. We design, print, and hand-bind every issue ourselves on a single Riso machine, in runs of 150 to 400 copies, misregistration and all.
Six issues currently in print — the run size is real, and most of these will not be reprinted once they sell out.
Every layout is proofed on the actual stock before it ever gets a preview file — screen color has never once matched what the drum lays down.
The registration is never perfect, and issue three is better for it — a clean two-color print looks like a stock photo.— M. Okafor
We design the cover art around whatever two ink drums happen to be loaded, not the other way around.— D. Vance
A run of 200 means 200 — we've never once gone back to reprint a sold-out issue exactly the same way twice.— M. Okafor
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We run a mailing list for new-issue drops and restocks — no algorithm decides when you hear about it, just a plain email the morning we start printing.