Rainbow rolls: How to print with gradient inks!

By Amanda Visconti

A 32-page zine created by Amanda Visconti, teaching you how to do gradient inking for letterpress on floor cylinder presses with inkable rollers (especially powered rollers).

CC BY-NC.
Current version: v1, 8/4/2026.

Available now:

Full-color version of the zine optimized for reading on a computer or printing

Rainbow roll inking videos linked in the zine

Short video showing 4 colors of ink on a Vandercook press, being oscilated into a rainbow gradient for printing

Coming eventually:

Accessible text transcript & PDF versions
Zine Bakery catalogue entry for this zine containing blurb, descriptive metadata, etc.

Read the zine online

I may eventually post below images of each of the zine’s pages in order, in case you prefer to read online on this webpage.