Which was the BEST copier ever?

[Suprtek]

I can't claim experience on every model out there, but I would have to vote for the Toshiba 4550. Simple, durable and predictable. I've seen these machines outrun others rated at twice the volume capacity. I personally have gotten more than 5 million copies out of multiple units.

[richardmaus]

My vote is for all Xerox products, especially the DC252 and the DC7000. Xerox makes the best color products and has a support infrastructure that is huge. The knowledge base on the internet is awesome.

[djbass]

Haven't had a lot of experience in the long term with brands outside Canon, so I will choose the iR2200/3300. I find if properly maintained they go forever, I have a couple units that have passed the 3,000,000 mark, that's 3x their rated lifespan.

[Vlad]

For the past I vote for SHARP SF-8100 and SF-8260 as best copiers. For today it's absolutely SHARP AR-M207E.

[Ollie1981]

i think Ricoh Afficio 1035/1045 is best copier

You're joking right?

Even with countless reiterations of the NAD engine, it's still a pile 'o crap.

[iMind]

Aficio 401 (A195) one of our best machines, I´m not joking

[b003ace]

You're joking right?

Even with countless reiterations of the NAD engine, it's still a pile 'o crap.

Although the Af1035 and Af1045 (and corporate variants) were the best version of the 35/45 cpm Ricoh boxes, I'd agree with an earlier poster that the B022 (Af1022/1027 et. al.) series, and subsequent B089 (Af2022/2027 et. al.) series were the best made. Some of my co-workers leave these boxes untouched except for PCU's for 300-400K. If you PM them at 120 like you are 'spose to they'll run forever. I even have one for myself at home. The newer Af3025 and Af3030 that replaced the B089 models and added a "rebuildable" PCU seem to be less reliable, as do all the Af3xxx models I've seen. Sometimes I'm glad we don't sell them any more.

[JOEYSULLIVAN]

Although the Af1035 and Af1045 (and corporate variants) were the best version of the 35/45 cpm Ricoh boxes, I'd agree with an earlier poster that the B022 (Af1022/1027 et. al.) series, and subsequent B089 (Af2022/2027 et. al.) series were the best made. Some of my co-workers leave these boxes untouched except for PCU's for 300-400K. If you PM them at 120 like you are 'spose to they'll run forever. I even have one for myself at home. The newer Af3025 and Af3030 that replaced the B089 models and added a "rebuildable" PCU seem to be less reliable, as do all the Af3xxx models I've seen. Sometimes I'm glad we don't sell them any more.

I agree with Ace on the Ricoh Aficio 1022/1027 2022/2027 series. These babies run, and run, and run.
"A Maytag" is the phrase I use to describe the performance/reliability of this fantasticly engineered series. (Are you listening Xerox Engineering Dept. slackers?)
When I get a sales call matching this series criteria, and the prospecting caller hears I offer a one (1) year warranty FREE of charge with the purchase, that is usualy followed by a common response of "How fast can iI get it."
The DOWN side for we resellers are to not expect service calls after the sale. I am used to customers who have these units, going well over 100k copies between service calls. The PCU is rated at 60k but typicaly go well over 100k. I had the fuser units doing over 200lk.

DOH!! This freak of engineering can put a tech out of a job, BUT we can thank the Xerox junk for putting food on the table.

[aikon_ngage]

I really agree, KM3035 is gud machine except the toner catrdge itself having problem with d gear, Ar 450 still gud one two, until now didnt get any trouble call if they used it correctly. IR have gud one two and Minoltas.

[aikon_ngage]

really agree with joey sullivan!!!!!, mostly xerox machine are junk but , hey think of it first...im getting more calls. okey thanks to the xerox engineers who manufactures this kind of machine...thanks for the help...