Two-ink discipline
Pick your inks; Nimbus locks the palette. Every page stays loud, limited, and unmistakably yours.
Est. 2026 · Riso-pop toolkit
Off-register & proud.
Nimbus turns rough ideas into loud, ink-heavy pages. Halftones included. Smooth gradients banned at the door.
The ink room
Built for loud pages
Halftone engine
Dots from chunky to micro. Dither type, shapes, and photos like a well-worn drum scanner.
Registration chaos
Nudge any layer a few pixels off-register. Perfect imperfection, every pull of the squeegee.
The press run
Three pulls to print
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Stock your palette
Choose up to three inks and a paper stock. Nimbus runs the ink room for you.
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Lay your layers
Stack type, shapes, and halftones. Multiply blending keeps the ink honest where it overlaps.
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Pull the squeegee
Export print-ready pages or publish straight to the web press. One click, no smudges.
Fresh off the press
Zinesters talking
“Nimbus made our zine look like it survived 1974 — in the best possible way.”
“I banned gradients studio-wide. Nobody misses them. Thanks, Nimbus.”
“The misregistration slider alone is worth the subscription.”
Rate card
Pick your press pass
Riso Rookie
For first-run zines
$0 /forever
- 2 inks, 5 pages
- Community templates
- Web press hosting
Print Pro
For studios on press
$18 /mo
- 3 inks, unlimited pages
- Halftone engine
- Off-register controls
- Print-ready exports
Ink Baron
For full print shops
$49 /mo
- Everything in Pro
- 10 team seats
- Priority press queue
Ask the ink room
Frequently pressed questions
Why only two or three inks?
Because riso drums are physical. Fewer layers print cleaner, dry faster, and force bolder design. We build the same discipline into Nimbus.
Can I export print-ready files?
Yes — CMYK pass-through with registration marks, bleed, and ink separations for every layer, at up to 1200 dpi.
Does Nimbus support smooth gradients?
No. Next question. (If you need a fade, we offer honest halftones instead.)
Will my pages look right in dark mode?
Yes. Inks stay saturated on dark stock, and every color pair is checked for WCAG contrast in both themes.
What happens to my pages if I cancel?
You keep every file. Exports stay yours forever; we just stop the presses on anything new.
Get on the press list
One zine a month. Ink swatches, halftone tricks, zero spam — we can’t afford the paper.