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  • natebeaty
    • Jun 2025

    #1

    Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

    Hi all,

    We have a TN1510 that is having trouble pulling sheets from the paper feed. It prints fine when it manages to grab hold of some paper (just plain 20#), which is successful about 10-20% of the time. I've tried adjustments to no avail, seems to have the exact same behavior. We're not sure how long this machine had been sitting before we picked it up, it came from a church in Wisconsin.

    Any help would be much appreciated. If this is something obvious & simple, I'm more than willing to get my hands dirty -- just not sure where to start.

    A contact for a technician in the Chicago area who could whip it into shape would also be great. As I don't know the history, it would surely benefit from a thorough once-over from someone who knows what to look for.

    Thanks!
  • nancy85830
    Technician
    • Dec 2008
    • 42

    #2
    Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

    Hi sir, i guess there is some problem of your paper feed roller, just replace a new paper feed roller will be fine.
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    • nancy85830
      Technician
      • Dec 2008
      • 42

      #3
      Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

      sorry i forgot to tell you that you can replace the feed roller by yourself , it's quite simple
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      • natebeaty

        #4
        Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

        Originally posted by nancy85830
        Hi sir, i guess there is some problem of your paper feed roller, just replace a new paper feed roller will be fine.
        Thanks for the reply! Any suggestion as to the best place to order such a part?

        Also, would the replacement be easy enough to do without a repair manual, or should I track one of those down also?

        Thanks again.

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        • nancy85830
          Technician
          • Dec 2008
          • 42

          #5
          Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

          Hi friend, you may buy from local dealer of Risograghs, or if you have time to wait you may buy from a on line store from china who sell lots of parts for Risogrghs . Here's the website Yee Star Tec. Small Orders Online Store
          Hope it will help you.
          Spare parts for Risograghs, Ricoh, Gestetner, Duplo

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          • natebeaty

            #6
            Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

            Thanks for the link, much appreciated.

            I'm curious if anyone else has some input on this. Is this a common problem? Is it from the machine sitting for too long, or just normal wear and tear?

            And is it possible it's something other than the paper feed roller?

            I'd like to confirm that this is the likely culprit before dropping $50 on a feed roller.

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            • nancy85830
              Technician
              • Dec 2008
              • 42

              #7
              Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

              This is a common problem, a feed roller has limited lifetime. some feed roller can pull 50,000 sheets, some can pull less or more sheets . that depends on the quality of feed rollers, if your machine just got problem of pulling sheet, i guess it is the problem of feed roller.
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              • 20gaugeO/U
                Senior Tech

                500+ Posts
                • Feb 2009
                • 553

                #8
                Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                It's an older model released in 1994. The feed tires were 1 piece back in the day, now they are cores with replaceable rubber tires. I have no idea if you can get the 1 piece FT any more. I'd just by a set of cores (2) and set of FT (2) and a couple seperator pads (1 to use, couple to store) it goes under the FT. Pay attention to placement and orientation when replacing and you'll be fine. If you want to get a little dirty take the back cover off and clean the feed clutch surfaces with alcohol that is attached to the shaft.

                FT 035-14303-001
                Sep Pad 019-11833-006
                Core 021-14302-107

                Hope there aren't more issues and good luck!

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                • natebeaty

                  #9
                  Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                  Originally posted by 20gaugeO/U
                  It's an older model released in 1994. The feed tires were 1 piece back in the day, now they are cores with replaceable rubber tires. I have no idea if you can get the 1 piece FT any more. I'd just by a set of cores (2) and set of FT (2) and a couple seperator pads (1 to use, couple to store) it goes under the FT. Pay attention to placement and orientation when replacing and you'll be fine. If you want to get a little dirty take the back cover off and clean the feed clutch surfaces with alcohol that is attached to the shaft.

                  FT 035-14303-001
                  Sep Pad 019-11833-006
                  Core 021-14302-107

                  Hope there aren't more issues and good luck!
                  Thanks for the help! I'm willing to get dirty, just want to make sure I don't mis-adjust anything.

                  I assume it would probably would be good to get a repair manual when I order these parts.

                  Is there a source in the U.S. y'all use for parts, or is it common to order from overseas?

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                  • 20gaugeO/U
                    Senior Tech

                    500+ Posts
                    • Feb 2009
                    • 553

                    #10
                    Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                    Find Us for your local RISO dealer otherwise you can buy 3rd party but I've not had much luck with knock off Riso feed tires. Half the price but only half the life out of them.

                    Just take out the parts and put back in correctly. There should be no "adjusting" with this fix. If there are more problems you will want the manual or your local dealer.

                    How many copies on this machine? The counter is on the front wall when you open the master making door.

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                    • natebeaty

                      #11
                      Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                      Originally posted by 20gaugeO/U
                      Find Us for your local RISO dealer otherwise you can buy 3rd party but I've not had much luck with knock off Riso feed tires. Half the price but only half the life out of them.
                      Ah, perfect! Thanks so much. I'll go for the local, gen-uine Riso tires.

                      Originally posted by 20gaugeO/U
                      How many copies on this machine? The counter is on the front wall when you open the master making door.
                      mc: 0006275
                      tc: 0901058

                      Zoinks, is that a lot? Sure sounds like a lot.

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                      • 20gaugeO/U
                        Senior Tech

                        500+ Posts
                        • Feb 2009
                        • 553

                        #12
                        Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                        mc: 0006275
                        tc: 0901058

                        Zoinks, is that a lot? Sure sounds like a lot.
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                        On any other Riso no. I only saw these machines in small churches and small schools. When they would pass that 1M mark weird stuff would break, or gum up, or fail. Nobody pushed them too hard. They have all been upgraded and I haven't had the pleasure of working on one in a few years.

                        I hope it runs well for you and good luck.

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                        • natebeaty

                          #13
                          Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                          Originally posted by 20gaugeO/U
                          mc: 0006275
                          On any other Riso no. I only saw these machines in small churches and small schools. When they would pass that 1M mark weird stuff would break, or gum up, or fail. Nobody pushed them too hard. They have all been upgraded and I haven't had the pleasure of working on one in a few years.

                          I hope it runs well for you and good luck.
                          Good to know. Thanks for the insight from your experience, much appreciated. These things are definitely workhorses.

                          Guess we'll just baby her and see how it goes, assuming I can get it to suck up paper again!

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                          • nancy85830
                            Technician
                            • Dec 2008
                            • 42

                            #14
                            Re: Chicago technician for TR1510? Paper feed is sporadic

                            It is common to order parts overseas,that depends. If you are in urgent need you'd better order from local market, i think there should be both compartible and original parts dealer in US.
                            Spare parts for Risograghs, Ricoh, Gestetner, Duplo

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