recognize this?

[roho]

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What's wrong with a folded up piece of paper for cheating door switches?

You must have never worked with some of my old colleagues, some of those clowns would have the paper fall in and not remove the cover to take it out. Nothing like bent door switches, springs to cause intermittent jams as the customer leans on the front cover. Other then that........................................

[roho]

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recognize this ?
if so when was the last time you saw one ? if ever lol [ATTACH]41018[/ATTACH]

I can remember the first tv commercial explaining fax machines using geese walking from one machine to the other. The spokesman was a 70's sitcom actor who then asked if he could send over linked sausages. Wasn't in the industry then either.

[bbrissette]

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I still have all 3 of the cheaters

And paper was never a good idea it would catch and bend the microswitch arm instead I used different sizes of rubber tubing

[NeoMatrix]

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recognize this ?
if so when was the last time you saw one ? if ever lol [ATTACH]41018[/ATTACH]

.... Document was dated 1972.

In 1972 we still had operator assisted phone exchange at the post office. Operators would plug a phono jack and cable in to a matrix grid on the wall. The operator would have to physically assist the connection of two parties before a phone call could proceed.

I'm amazed that fax was even invented at that point in history. The document said could you use this "facility", I'm wondering if the fax equipment filled a small room.

[gneebore]

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.... Document was dated 1972.

In 1972 we still had operator assisted phone exchange at the post office. Operators would plug a phono jack and cable in to a matrix grid on the wall. The operator would have to physically assist the connection of two parties before a phone call could proceed.

I'm amazed that fax was even invented at that point in history. The document said could you use this "facility", I'm wondering if the fax equipment filled a small room.

Just to really set you back on your heels the fax was actually invented in the 1840's. I was floored when I read about this originally. But here is a link with the history of the fax.

Fax Machine History

[Vincent128]

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What's wrong with a folded up piece of paper for cheating door switches?

Because it unfolds and gets stuck...use a block of soft packing foam or a folded bit of silicone tubing !

[BLADE]

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What's wrong with a folded up piece of paper for cheating door switches?

and it also doubles as a skewed copy correction when placed under a corner or jammed in a guide

[monarke4]

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recognize this ?
if so when was the last time you saw one ? if ever lol [ATTACH]41018[/ATTACH]

Think if the "original" facsimile machine was shown....

I'm a big fan of Carl Lewis and his interesting inventions....

The Secret Life Of Machines - The Fax Machine
YouTube

[Copier Addict]

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Because it unfolds and gets stuck...use a block of soft packing foam or a folded bit of silicone tubing !

Paper is plentiful in my line of work. Lol It seems to do the trick quite nicely.

[tsbservice]

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I remember using different interlock jigs back in the analog days. No use for interlock jigs anymore. Main reason jigs were used was to watch operation, paper travel for jamming, coronas coming on, etc. Nowadays in most copiers you can't see much when leaving front door open and jumping the interlock.

I just came across a jig that held up the clamshells so they didn't fall on your hand while working on machine. Looks like it clipped on the shock rod. As the old timers probably remember the shocks never held the copiers open. Back then my long phillips screwdriver was used more to hold "clamshells" up then for screws!

Absolutely right.
Intsead screwdriver I was using machine own toner bag with their cap on(didn't crumple toner bag) plus give you more safety, screwdrivers are easy to slip out.

[blackcat4866]

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I remember using different interlock jigs back in the analog days. No use for interlock jigs anymore. Main reason jigs were used was to watch operation, paper travel for jamming, coronas coming on, etc. Nowadays in most copiers you can't see much when leaving front door open and jumping the interlock.

I just came across a jig that held up the clamshells so they didn't fall on your hand while working on machine. Looks like it clipped on the shock rod. As the old timers probably remember the shocks never held the copiers open. Back then my long phillips screwdriver was used more to hold "clamshells" up then for screws!

I had a wooden dowel to prop up the clamshells. It reminds me of a leg trap. The shock is holding, holding, holding, ... it seems OK ... you just don't know when it going to drop on your hand. I don't know if I still have it, Mita made an OEM prop for the DC-152, DC-1655, DC-1755. With the DF option the 1755 smashed a lot of hands. =^..^=

[Geo]

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I had a wooden dowel to prop up the clamshells. It reminds me of a leg trap. The shock is holding, holding, holding, ... it seems OK ... you just don't know when it going to drop on your hand. I don't know if I still have it, Mita made an OEM prop for the DC-152, DC-1655, DC-1755. With the DF option the 1755 smashed a lot of hands. =^..^=

Ahh..The good old days...

[NeoMatrix]

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I had a wooden dowel to prop up the clamshells. It reminds me of a leg trap. The shock is holding, holding, holding, ... it seems OK ... you just don't know when it going to drop on your hand. I don't know if I still have it, Mita made an OEM prop for the DC-152, DC-1655, DC-1755. With the DF option the 1755 smashed a lot of hands. =^..^=

Yep!....
Jamb a long handle screw driver up under the clam shell strut to stop the upper frame from coming down on your hand.

Ye ol' Toshiba's were a clam shell design. From the service tech point of view, the clam shell made servicing machines a tad quicker and parts removal a lot easier. Some of the old Canons were clam shell design too. Canon NP210 rings a bell.

I preferred working on clam shell machines, it could reduce your busy service schedule down by an hour per day.
Which got me home a couple of hours earlier if I was working out of town for a few days. I'd get home around 7pm instead of 9pm.

Re. long hours:
I've done my years of long arduous cold thankless work schedules that no one knows I've done, an no one gives a hoot either way. <add violins>

[blackcat4866]

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Re. long hours:
I've done my years of long arduous cold thankless work schedules that no one knows I've done, an no one gives a hoot either way. <add violins>

There for a while (1989-1995) I would plan PMs at the print shops for the 5:00-10:00pm time window. This worked as well for companies with 2nd and 3rd shifts.

No, there was no overtime. It was the only way to get the work done. But, alas, it went unrecognized and 16 hour got days get old really quickly. When I got an offer to switch employers I vowed that I wouldn't do that anymore. That was when I started the database. It consumed 25 hours a week, but at least it was home time. =^..^=