Print Production
The production of the publication continues to draw from queer zine heritage, and was printed on a risograph printer. Risograph printing provides a unique print quality that is often associated with the zine community, but is also capable of producing high quality single or multi-colour prints. Economically, it is cheaper for small print runs than using a commercial print firm, and it is also one of the most environmentally friendly forms of commercial printing with a high print speed of 100 pages a minute.
The initial print run of About Honey issue 1 was 300 copies, and was printed in black and red. Stock choice was 80gsm recycled Evercopy Plus to further the environmental nature of the printing process. The publications were bound with a saddle stitch so as to reflect the DIY binding of many of the zines created during the original movement. Due to a lack of personal access to a risograph machine it was arranged that the printing would handled externally by Leeds-based risograph print studio Footprint.