The Durst RCP20 (and its larger brethren) continues to be a popular roller transport processor, despite the machines having been manufactured in the 1970s-1980s. Many of these by now are affected by problems with damaged rollers. In this blog, I’ll report a first hack-attempt at reconditioning them. Not tested yet, but I think I’m on to something.
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Roll another one…modifying the Durst RCP20 for RA4 processing
Sometimes I’m just incredibly lucky. Tabletop RA4 roller transport processors are unobtanium these days and if you find one, it is likely to be insanely expensive. I happened across a Durst RCP20 (which in fact is a Thermaphot machine, but Durst sold them under their own brand). These machines have a few drawbacks though, which boil down to them being darn old pieces of equipment. First and foremost, to be able to use mine, I had to convert it to run at the right speed for the current RA4 color paper process. Here’s how I did this.
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