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    COPYISMS

    Over the years in this business I have come accross what I like to call Copyisms. For example:

    1. If you put all the covers back on the machine BEFORE you test it, you will have to remove them due to something not working right.

    2. If the panel/cover has multiple screws holding it on, tightening the screws down as you put them in will always cause you to have to loosen them all up again to get the last couple in the holes.

    3. You will always have every allen wrench known to man EXCEPT for the one you need right now

    4. After 2 hours of trouble shooting you finally diagnose the problem, take the machine apart to repair it and just as you get to the last screw which will let you remove the faulty part, that screw will not come out!

    5. The size of the cover/panel is not in proportional to the number of screws holding it on! (Konica!)

    6.Telling yourself to be very careful when putting that clip back on inveriably causes you to drop it.

    Anyone have any others?
    Testing 1-2-3, testing, testing. Is this thing on?

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    They are all what I like to call "Murphy's Law"... lol

    If you diagnose the problem before arriving onsite, it ends up being something much harder.

    If you leave your laptop in the car, you will need to go back and get it.

    You find a 15 minute car park because that is all the job should take you and then you get alot of customers saying "While your here".
    Please don't ask me for firmware or service manuals as refusal often offends.

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    One for the list,
    Photocopier screws are afraid of the light, the moment you drop one it will run away and hide in the darkest spot it can find.
    At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.

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    Re: COPYISMS

    The problem the customer called about is 10x easier to fix than the one they just thought of while you were there.

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    Re: COPYISMS

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    *Bush screws. This is the one "extra" screw after reassembling the machine. You throw it in the bushes on your way to your car.
    *It is the worst toner spill you have ever seen and you are without your vacuum and are down to 1 stretch and dust cloth.
    *Your spring hook breaks. This always seems to be while stringing the thinnest corona wire known to man.
    *You need bearings for a fuser roller and you just used your last pair at the previous call.
    *Dead machine and the volt meter is on the bench at the shop.


    Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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    Re: COPYISMS

    Quote Originally Posted by Lagonda View Post
    One for the list,
    Photocopier screws are afraid of the light, the moment you drop one it will run away and hide in the darkest spot it can find.
    Actually I think the military are using screws to test the latest in stealth technology, as once they hit the carpet - no matter what colour it is - the screw will automatically change colour to it's new background!
    The impossible is easy - miracles take a little longer
    So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late.

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    Re: COPYISMS

    Hi the E-clip when it jumps no body can find them
    its like they jump to a diferent dimension
    cheers

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    Re: COPYISMS

    You will find the missing clip or spring after you make a special trip to replace it.

    If they call in for 1 I.U. on a color machine, take them all!

    If the ticket says "needs cleaning", you should call to see what problem they think it will fix


    If your gut feeling says that won't fix it, don't order the part

    Being a tech means you have that one ID number that when you hear it you go "damn not them again"

    You will put a large toner smear on your face or break wind right before the best looking woman in the office walks to the copier.
    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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    Re: COPYISMS

    If you need to be somewhere after work you will get a call on a shitbox in the arvo which will make you late

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    Re: COPYISMS

    You guys are making me laugh with these because they are so true. I knew a tech that was trying to put in the separation pad in the tray 1 asm of the HP 4000. You have 2 small compression springs you have to put in underneath it. One of them went flying and he was looking all over the place for it.

    The lady in the office watched him for quite some time and then said, "Are you looking for a spring about this big (indicated size with her fingers)?"

    "Yes," he replied.

    "Well it's stuck in your beard."

    I screws, springs, and clips go flying in every direction and they do change color to any background even a tile floor.

    If you make a mistake and damage something while you're trying to fix something else, it will likely be the most expensive part in the machine.
    If you're going to remanufacture 10 fusers, you will have all of the parts except 1 required to do it and the missing part will be something important like the upper roller.
    If you use a table or desk to put your tools on when you're working on a machine, one tool will fall to the floor. The others will fall one by one as you get that one back on the table, followed by the screws you've just removed.
    You will go through more pants than shirts, due to the time spent on your knees.
    Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!".

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