Panasonic? They've been out of the copier game for years.
Panasonic? They've been out of the copier game for years.
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.
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.
I like Toshiba e-studio 166-223, may be they are not the newest, but they are stable and easy serviced
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.
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.
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