The RYOBI 524 features the Ryobi-matic continuous dampening system in its dampening section. This system assures a uniform dampening supply to the plate surface, which enables sharper halftones, glossy solids and finely detailed text. Each ink section consists of 16 ink rollers, including four form rollers with different diameters. This superior design ensures an ample ink coverage ratio over the maximum printing area.

The satellite V-shaped 5-cylinder system allows four-color printing to be completed without gripper changes, eliminating paper flap, increasing the image positioning accuracy, and providing superb color registration. A bearer contact cylinder system, in which the blanket cylinder bearer comes into contact with the plate cylinder, maintains constant plate pressure with each rotation of the cylinder, delivering high print quality.

A rotary type stream feeder ensures stable, smooth paper feeding for paper thicknesses ranging from onion skin to heavy card stock. The minimum paper size is 100 x 105 mm (3.94" x 4.13") (postcard and envelope), and the maximum paper size is 520 x 375 mm (20.47" x 14.37").

The RYOBI semiautomatic plate changer comes as standard and allows plates to be changed quickly and accurately. The operator merely sets the plate on the positioning pins and presses a button. A plate bending device is unnecessary as there is no need to bend the leading edge or the tail edge of the plate. This automatic system allows easy re-use of stored printing plates, and can handle polyester-based plates as well as metal plates.