Award-Winning Ricoh 5th Colour “Toronto” Posters

These 11”x17” posters were designed for and printed using the Ricoh C7210x Digital Press to showcase its 5th Colour spot technology, and were completed as part of the course “GCM 320: Digital Printing Technologies” at Toronto Metropolitan University.

The “Daytime” poster uses a clear toner to add a subtle texture and sheen the clouds and text, while the “Nighttime” poster uses a UV Neon Yellow toner to make the city lights glow when exposed to UV light.

Both posters were designed, formatted and printed by me, using reference images from Old Toronto, my neighbourhood at the time. Alongside Adobe Illustrator, the process involved the use of Adobe Acrobat Pro, and the EFI Fiery Digital Front End.

The “Nighttime” version of the poster won the 2022 Ricoh Print Innovation Scholarship for exceptional use of the Ricoh C7210x Digital Press at Toronto Metropolitan University.