Category:Equipment

Besides the risograph or other stencil-based machine, there are many other pieces of Equipment used for making prints, books, booklets, zines, and other printed matter.

Here is a list of some commonly used equipment. Please help build out pages for the general types of equipment, where we can go into detail about what the equipment is used for. We may want to build usage tutorials and pages for specific brands or models of machinery too.

Cutting

• Stack Cutter
• Guillotine Cutter

Paper Handling

• Paper Jogger
• Collating Tower
• Swingline Finger Tips - for collating.

Paper Folding and Scoring

• Bone Folder
• Paper Folder
• Scoring Board (like Scor-Pal)

Binding

• Electric Stapler (Rapid 106)
• Long arm booklet stapler
• Booklet Maker
• Thermal Binder
• Glue Binding Machine

Other Studio Equipment

• Light Box
• Hearing Protection
• Westcott clear plastic 18" rulers
• Loupes