Savin 772 , a liquid machine made for the US Navy that had toxic dispersant ( you were ordered to use it for cleaning the copier BUT forbidden to INHALE the fumes),the only way to clean the optics was to remove the mirrors through the front frame then try to line them up for reinstalling by feel.The "exposure" adjustment was a piece of string tied to a lever and a shutter, and , last but not least, it used the dispersant/toner mixture as a lubricant for the ENTIRE drive system. If the copier did not make copies for 72 hours, the drive would sieze, drum would flake and it would take 2 days to clean and replace ALL the moving drive parts.
Parker
Konica's 8050, hands down one big TURD!!
Any Savin 700 series liquid toner machine. Doing a drum brake over a carpet was a real treat.
how about any of the Toshiba e studio
Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
SAVIN LIQUID MACHINES ALL WERE PIGS. DO YOU TECHS REMEMBER THE 9040i? THAT WAS SAVIN'S LAST STAND AND IT SUCKED.
To GAlexander, no I don't remember the 9040 but I remember the 700 series, 5030, 5040, 7030, 7050, v-35 (color copier, 3 liquid toner colors), v-45 and I know I'm forgetting a few. These were brutal, sounds like you worked on them too. Any powder machine was heaven compared to them. I remember rebuilding the pumps after cleaning them in a parts washer. Talk about going thru hand cleaner.
Back in the day when you were more of a plumber than a tech, Savin liquids. As for dry machines how 'bout the toshiba 8412, total POS. Then there's the Ricoh 2103 color box with a 50 minute dev initial cycle when you change dev.
By the sounds of all the bitchin it sounds like I got it pretty good working on Canons all day long. My worst was the np3725 with the spring clutches and leaking developers.
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