Best Brand of Copier

[Ctl-Alt-Del]

Panasonic? They've been out of the copier game for years.

[wragsdale]

Not really interested in posting a for-sure response to the question since I've only seen a handful of brands and primarily only work on Kyocera and Konica Minolta, which I think are both great for different reasons.

I did, however, want to say that Brother's service manual game is seriously on-point. They put Kyocera and KM to shame.

[subaro]

Not really interested in posting a for-sure response to the question since I've only seen a handful of brands and primarily only work on Kyocera and Konica Minolta, which I think are both great for different reasons.

I did, however, want to say that Brother's service manual game is seriously on-point. They put Kyocera and KM to shame.

could you elaborate [ to add details to;expand.] on the last sentence. ? thanks.

[wragsdale]

Well, I don't mean that Kyo or KM manuals are bad but Brother has a lot of detailed sections including gear layouts, lubrication points, harness routing diagrams, disassembly flowcharts, switch settings, etc. I was seriously impressed by the amount of useful information. Not only that, but they're super intuitive. Error codes or (dis)assembly references will link to their references 95% of the time.

[trujenik92]

I like Toshiba e-studio 166-223, may be they are not the newest, but they are stable and easy serviced

[Kurtillton]

Well, I don't mean that Kyo or KM manuals are bad but Brother has a lot of detailed sections including gear layouts, lubrication points, harness routing diagrams, disassembly flowcharts, switch settings, etc. I was seriously impressed by the amount of useful information. Not only that, but they're super intuitive. Error codes or (dis)assembly references will link to their references 95% of the time.

Shame their printers have a life spam of a common nat.

[subaro]

Shame their printers have a life spam of a common nat.

could you elaborate..... Only seen them from a distance, but never worked on them. Hear some loved/hate.

[JR2ALTA]

I am new to Sharp. I like them, but they EAT PARTS. Nearly half my calls require a PM, which requires me to drive an 18 wheeler full of parts.

And I dont like that their part numbers are all random. Some 7 digits, some 13 digits, some with dashes, zeros mixed with O's.

And I don't like their sensor names, not very intuitive, A registration switch should be called a registration switch not SPPD2, CPDLR1 or whatever. I have to keep looking up what's what.

But for the most part everything comes apart pretty easy. Not a lot of hidden screws and teardowns.

[Iowatech]

Panasonic? They've been out of the copier game for years.

They are? Aw.
In the analog days there were some Lanier branded Panasonics out in my part of the periphery, and after I got used to them (Laniers were primarily rebadged Toshibas at the time) I thought they were OK.

[SwisSeV]

And I dont like that their part numbers are all random. Some 7 digits, some 13 digits, some with dashes, zeros mixed with O's.

It's not random. You will learn the method to the madness after some time.
Consumable parts have shorter ITEM#'s
Repair parts have 13 digit PART#'s
You can know a lot from just looking at them after some practice.
Oh and about the 0's and O's, All the 0's have slashes through them on the Part#'s. Just put slashes when you write it down, to help with that confusion.