I used to make nice trolley tables out of AF 2070 frames. Only the bottom half then just screw a top on to it and its a great tool for moving smaller machines around in the shop.
I used to make nice trolley tables out of AF 2070 frames. Only the bottom half then just screw a top on to it and its a great tool for moving smaller machines around in the shop.
The trouble with ricoh is that every inherent problem they have is never fixed and shows up in the next iteration of that model. They never fix the problems and it just goes on and on adding new problems as they go. All manufacturers have their problems, but they fix them. I have customers who have told me, "I will never buy another ricoh", it really hurts when we lose entire school boards. I'm glad I'm close to retirement, the latest models are garbage.
Don't get me started. I have worked on copiers for 30 years and not even liquid machines were as dirty. Looking for information for 3 machines with same jamming issue right now. If were any other manufacturer I would simply order a new fuser unit but since it is ricoh it would cost a fortune.
Each ricoh has its challenges! All the 35-50 CPM black models dropped toner, needed dv replacement at 100k, and the webs took 45 minutes to replace. But the webs on the 55 and up are super easy to replace. The c6502s have none of the toner dropping /pcdu issues that the c6000 and c6501 had. The c5502 and c5503 pcus last way longer than the c4500 and c5000 pcus did.
Why they can't use the mp6000 web design on the mp5000 is truly beyond me though! God save me from Allen wrenches and e-clips.
I worked on Ricoh kit when the 5006 colour box arrived. Great machine the fiery had 128mb of memory. It's the future! Then they launched their best ever machine. The 6645 which was their first procon machine designed using ANN technology and utilising fuzzy logic. Loved working on those machines. Then unfortunately like every other manufacturer the success went to their heads and they got sloppy and lazy. The turned out newer models that were intrinsically the same machine with a different model number and new covers. Tweek the firmware a bit and add a couple of new features and then market it as the best thing since sliced bread. Voilla! I now work on Konica kit, mainly colour and mono print production kit and they are second to none. The office kit is good too. Worked on Canon, Sharp and Utax kit and found them to be very old school. Thats ok for us techies who were weened on this type of machine. The bosses don't like them once they have made good money out of the sales but are now giving the money back to service to keep them running. They come out with such statements as " the manufacturer rep said the copy cost is 0.2p and the parts will do double their expected lives. So why aren't ours" Simple to answer! Manufacturers live on a different planet. They always quote best case scenarios and never the worst. It's a sales ethos, never lie but never tell the truth either. Anyway after 30 years doing this job i love i will leave you with this note. All copiers and printers are badly designed and rushed out of the factories before they are thoroughly tested. Could you imagine buying a car and then having to take it to the garage every week for a mod or firmware upgrade cos your brakes aren't working or your engine dies. I was out with a salesman one day and he was trying to sell a machine to a customer and he said. This machine will never jam or break down. It's the latest technology. The customer looked at me and said, looks like your out of a job then and winked at me. The customer then said to me, do these machines have jam counters like our current machine and i said yes they do. The customer then said to the salemen, if they don't jam then why do they need jam counters? That shut the salesman up. Funny old game we're in eh!
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Just to judge the whole machine or manufacturer because of his toner system would not be clever. When I carry out a ricoh and install it at customers site so there is always a proper instruction to the users for correct handling with toner replace, paper jam removal etc. included.
And if something goes wrong or user of the machine did not pay attention enough to handling, it costs just extra money for the customer €€€. Next time the user will be carefully, i hope so .
If the right model chosen, calculated €€€ and used for which they were designed for customers demands, then there are also no problems with ricoh machines.
The other most important thing is, you need skilled ricoh technicians to perform maintenance, repair and troubleshooting successfully. Also depends on it how machine how stable works on the field and and how the customer is satisfied.
I'd rather work on a Ricoh than a Konica.
...but I'd rather work on Canon than anything.
Yes...they all have those "Dear Copier Manufacturer..... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" features, but Konica seems to me to be the LEAST "Tech Friendly" machine out there. Some things are pretty easy to work on...but if something internal goes bad, you're up to your armpits in circuit boards and harnesses before you know it....JUST to get to a gear pack!!
I worked for ikon for 30 years so I got my taste of canon and ricoh! Hated ricohs toner issues like dumping toner and developer!! UGH!!! Now I work on new kyocera products and love them!! everything is replaced as a assy. mono component except the color which is almost mono! They work great and life is good! Plus when Ricoh bought out Ikon it all went downhill. I still work on the canon advanced machines and they suck too, Thank goodness very few of those.
Have a great day all!
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