Resurrecting the Print Gocco Printing System from the late 1970s @partytimeHXLNT
The Print Gocco was a popular at-home printing device produced by Japanese company Riso Kagaku starting in the late 1970s. The process was something like stamping-meets-screenprinting and allowed users to produce small color prints for greeting cards and textiles.
While marketed to adults, its chunky design and ease of use gave it a toy-like quality. It’s believed that at the height of its popularity, one of three Japanese homes had a Print Gocco device.
The No Bad Memories blog looks into the Print Goccu and how to reserrect the process using modern materials in the post here and the follow-on post here.
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