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Hey folks, We are nearing the end of our lease on the Xerox V180 and we have been having a lot of issues with it. We have to place a service call every other week, on average, for issues with the 2nd BTR, the little plastic rollers that, if messed up, prevent paper from feeding from the high...

Hey folks, We just bought a Sterling Digibinder to replace our Horizon BQ-140 perfect binder, as it was not doing well with coated stock. We looked into getting a PUR glue system, but obviously with the space and ventilation requirements, that was not going to work. We temporarily sent all of...

Hey all, My shop is about halfway through a lease of a Xerox V180. We originally upgraded from a C75 and at that time had been entertaining an offer from Canon but decided to stay with Xerox because we knew and trusted the line of machines and the deal they gave us was good. All that said, we...

Hey everyone, I'm having horrible tinting issues and it's giving me such a headache! I run an Itek 3985 with Crestlines. I use Universal Pink fountain solution and have taken to using a fountain additive called "Stopz-It" which is kind of a dumb name but does wonders to eliminate toning. The...

Hey folks, I've wasted a number of days trying to figure out why our 70# text weight sheets are feeding crooked, and it led me to realize that the stationary side guide on the non-operator side has tons of play. I mean, I can grab it on the edge and wiggle it around until the cow's come home. I...

Hi folks, I'm running an Itek 3985 with Crestlines, and right now I'm doing a save the date postcard for a client, just one color on Mohawk 100# Eggshell cover stock. I'm having this issue where the sides of the printed image are a lot different in color, thus creating what seems to be a hard...

Hi everyone. We recently bought a used Plockmatic 102 bookletmaker (and 103 trimmer) to replace our old Sprint MBM 2000. We bought it off eBay from a seller that seems really reputable (won't name names yet because so far they've been really helpful), but the machine doesn't put the staples on...

Hey all, once again I'm looking for a service tech in New York City to work on an Itek 3985 with Crestlines. I've tried both Popkin and Summit Offset Service but trying to get them to come down and do general service / maintenance on the press is like pulling teeth. I don't know why it's such a...

Does anyone know if there is an actual, viable difference between Bigfoot and Surefoot suckers? Surefoot suckers are half the price, but look like they operate the same. We have them on an AB Dick 360 and are considering getting them for our Ryobi 3302. Is it just a different brand of the same...

Hey everyone, The monster of a toning issue is back. Or actually it never left. I've got a Ryobi 3302 with the Crestline Altra system on it. Both heads have all new rollers except for the hard rollers (every rubber roller is brand new). I'm using Total Chrome Free fountain solution at about...

Hey guys, A friend of ours who is a letterpress printer came across some print shop in a school that he's helping to clean out. One of the things there is an AB Dick 9920 offset press, and it's ours for the taking, we just have to pay to move it. Looking at the way it's built, it looks like a...

Hi all, It's been awhile. I'm having some toning issues with the press and I can't figure it out. It's an Itek 3985 (Ryobi 3302) with Crestlines. Here's how I ink up: I put a nice even goop (that's a technical term) on the oscillating roller and a tiny but consistent dab on the Crestline...

Hey everyone, I'm back with some basic Ryobi 3302 troubles. I've got a ten month old kid so I'm super part time at the shop right now, which means that I don't have a lot of solid blocks of time to really figure the press out the way I need to. Right now I'm struggling with image crookedness...

Hey everyone, I've run into a brick wall with the Crestlines on the first unit of my Ryobi 3302. As always, the second head runs beautifully. The first head, however, has never worked well and though I had it dialed in for a minute, I'm having a weird issue. I'm hoping someone here can help me...

Hi everyone, I've been able to keep getting my Ryobi 3302 with Crestlines dialed in pretty well - there's a bit of a learning curve with that dampening system. Nevertheless, I'm getting nice, sellable prints off it. But there are still a couple of nagging issues I just can't kick. 1) Color...

First off, I want to thank everyone for their patience and input regarding the questions I ask here. I'm new to the Ryobi and while I think I've printed some good stuff in the past couple of years, I still have a lot to learn. I'm feeding 80# cardstock again, 11.5 x 17.5, this time on a...

Hi all, I'm trying to run a job at the moment under a pretty brutal deadline, and I'm having a couple of issues, one with the Crestlines and one in general on the Ryobi. FYI, it's a Ryobi 3302 with Crestlines. I'm running poly plates and 60# uncoated text weight paper. The job is a pamphlet...

Hey all, I've got this Challenge MC-305 hydraulic cutter, and it's pretty great, except that the backstop keeps coming out of square which makes it all but useless. I can literally skew the backstop with my hands, and even if I set it back to where it is, the force of the machine as it's...

Hey all, Pretty sure this is my first post in this forum, but I look at it frequently. So hello and thanks for all the helpful threads you all have contributed to. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a Ryobi service tech in the New York City area? I've got a Ryobi 3302 with Crestlines that I'm...