Bad News: Print Gocco is vanishing.

If you’ve experienced Riso’s Print Gocco, you know it’s magical. It is a self-contained screen printing gadget. It allows you burn (make) a screen with Gocco-specific flash bulbs, and then use the same machine to stamp your design. There’s no mess unless you’re a total slob. It works for business cards, stationery, bumper stickers, t-shirts (with special fabric ink) and just about everything else. In short, the Print Gocco is an amazing DIY tool.

Now just a year after I purchased mine, the awful news that sales to the United States are being discontinued is circulating. Apparently the announcement sent fans of the wonder printer into a mass panic, rushing to stockpile screens and bulbs. From what I’ve read, it seems certain that Print Gocco and supplies will continue to be produced in Japan, but the stock in the States will run out in about three years. (For anyone planning a trip overseas, bring an empty suitcase.)

One fan has started a site devoted to saving our supply: www.savegocco.com. Visit it to download the Gocco image seen here. Print them everywhere to show you Gocco or want to Gocco!

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