View Poll Results: How many brands do you fix?

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  1. #51
    Trusted Tech 50+ Posts nekowaiidesu's Avatar
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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    Me only started working as a tech 3 months ago. I had no real relevant experience prior to this... but in 3 months I've had to work on variety of printers and copiers, label and receipt printers, Duplo machines, Pitney Bowes folder/inserter and franking machine, paper shredders and recently a barcode scanner too

    It can be pretty hectic, especially for a scrub, but I really enjoy learning about all these different machines (also have pretty good guidance and OJT). Certainly seems more interesting than being bound to one brand of machine

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    I have taken on the task to work on anything. My bread and butter is Xerox as I was with Corporation for 14 years and went on my own as a contractor once I maxed out on certifications up to 90ppm bw, color and WF. Over the years I have taken on calls that I have no idea what it was until I got there. IE get a work order for a small Xerox desktop and it turns out to be a KM 750 or Sharp 1100, shame on a-holes for taking a cheap contract thinking they were fax machines, first service call on both were maint kits. No one in the office had ever seen these machines in a tech environment so of course I had to work my way around them. I have always lived by I have to constantly keep up to date on my certs as no one else will and if anything happens I have to sell myself to another company, boss man won't.
    I barter service calls for certs, example I am a contractor certified on Xerox, Kyocera, Canon WF with knowledge in other manufacturers, I am friends with 90% of dealers/ repair centers in my tri state area and we work things out with certifications and manuals. I will help your tech onsite for $0 as I want that card in my back pocket when I have an issue, I can call on them. I have no problems calling in a company to service a machine if I am not able to fix and I will learn from that call for the next time. All of my KM, Toshiba, Oce came from helping out other companies and asking a lot of questions. Funny thing as I am writing this is I had to drive 2.5 hrs last week to pick up a VCR (yes a VCR) to bring back to the shop for repair for an out of state client, I stopped by the Thrift Store, picked one up, swapped power supplies, delivered it back and saved myself 7 hrs of driving.
    As a contractor I have the ability to pick and choose my work and I do not turn anything down if the price is right. Currently my service territory covers 4 states in a 300 mile radius. So if you need something repaired in the Washington DC, VA or MD, just PM.

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    i work on ricoh (2015 Prestige Certified), sharp(Gold Certified), samsung(Certified on 5 or 6 models), kyocera (basic certification), hp.

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    We primarily sell, Canon, Samsung, Ricoh, and HP. But we service Kyocera's as well. I'm the most knowledgeable in the Canon IRA's and the new Samsung X7600's and X4300's.

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    Any brand manufactured on Planet Earth.

    Although that does leave a few of them out.
    “I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    I started working on HP [Accredited Platform Specialist APS LaserJet], from there I trained on Canon, then Kyocera, then Sharp. But I work on anything I can get a manual for, Paper Shredders, Paper Folders, faxes, Brothers & Lexmarks. After you get the covers off, much of what is inside is the same. Live (more) and Learn (more)!

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    welp, I may have to learn a different brand now.

    buh bye Kyocera, or is it? (shocker)
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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    We are a Ricoh and Konica Minolta dealer, and when Impact takes over on Jan 1, we'll be a Kyocera dealer, too.

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    We've (I'VE) worked on:
    HP
    Lexmark
    Brother
    Kyocera
    Canon
    Dell
    Fujitsu (scanners)
    Epson

    Maybe more.........................

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    Re: How many brands are you expected to be good at?

    Toshiba
    Lexmark
    Okidata
    HP
    Epson
    Neopost/Hasler
    Secap (Pitney )
    FrankoPostelia
    Formax
    Duplo
    Intimus
    Opex
    MBM
    Intuit
    Martin yale

    There are more but these are the larger ones.
    some days service calls can get...interesting...here

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