I haven't printed with it yet, but I've seen others using it and doing well. I do linocut relief printing, and I don't need the pressure of an etching press. This press has rubber rollers. With reference to brayers, I would class them as hard rubber. But you can get some give with thumb pressure. I think that will be about right for lino, with variations achieved by using various blankets or none at all but for two or three sheets of paper.The build is impressive. The steel and castings are all heavy, and only plastic is the crank knob and the pressure screw knobs. The paint looks like powder coat or something equally tough. It looks to me like it will open to a bit more than 0.5 inches. So, I don't think you're going to get a 7/8" block through it. Robert Simola's YouTube demo shows a 5/8" block passing easily. It looks like the pressure screws are retained by a common slot set screw, and it looks like you could remove the locking nut and pickup more clearance up to at least 7/8". (Robert's report of some 4000 prints with no problems of apparent wear was part of what convinced me to by it.)The rollers feel like they are on roller bearings. There is little vertical give, and I think the pressure you set is the pressure you get. Operationally, the best thing is that the lower roller is the driven roller. That means the bed with plate is pulled through the press on the lower roller. When the upper roller is driven, those presses can drag plate down the bed, requiring modifications like non-skip material being added to the bed. Not a problem with this press.There is no provision for screwing it down, but it is quite substantial, and I just set it on a piece of non-slip shelf liner, the same as I use when I cut lino, and it doesn't want to move. The bed rest wings fold up out of the way. No bed is provided. I just made one fro 1/8" hardboard cut 13.5 inches wide. I have it sitting on one corner of my work table, so the bed, when in use can move of the table area. Counting the crank, I devote about 10' by 19 inches with the wings folded. The crank is sized so that it clears the able surface, so it need not hang off the edge.The rollers are visually entirely flat according to my engineering rule used as a straight edge. That's well within function zero tolerance, given the slight give of the rubber. The rollers are shipped with plastic protective film. The unit was well boxed, fitted into plenty of Styrofoam. Assembly is trivial. It was shipped FedEx and arrived earlier than predicted.I think it's going to be money well-spent. I'm considering adding one of their wider models. They cost little more, and I'd like to see if the longer rollers are as straight. Since they are for lamination, they must be close. I think this is going to be a linocut printer's secret weapon. I see no reason to deal with the high price of an etching press whose capabilities contribute nothing to linocut relief printing.
