Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

Ok, how could I have forgotten this one!

Wax temp sticks to test the fuser adjustment for drying the wet paper as it passes over the 'hot plate'.

And having 60 or so damn fuses on you at all calls with your multimeter at the ready

Grey

Sounds similar to the oooooold Nashua liquid copiers. Did I destroy some good quality work cloths servicing those things.
I can't even remember the model numbers on the liquid copiers it was that long ago....
I can vaguely remember feelings of joy when we traded the last of those liquid machines out of the field.

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

You worked on Ricoh machines...can tell by the list of problems. polishing selenium drums...they promised us cancer but after all these years, still stuck doing this crap!

Re selenium v's cancer.
For what its worth, there is more selenium in eating Brazilian nuts than what you would have absorbed through your skin polishing selenium drums.
In moderation oral selenium is good for some types of inflammation....

------- update extra------------
htttps://draxe.com/brazil-nuts/
Brazil Nuts: The Top Selenium Food that Fights Inflammation - Dr. Axe

[BaconSteve]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

...they promised us cancer but after all these years, still stuck doing this crap!

Lol! :-)

[copyman]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

Rolls of feed tire tape, because to change out some of the half moon pick up rollers could take up an entire day to replace and if the clam shell pistons leaked, you wold need a pair of vise grips to hold up the copier (SF-8100- 8250 series) because if the thing was propped up by a screwdriver and it got knocked out it would either take you fingers off or leave a gouge in your arm. We called it the "guillotine".
I remember when copiers were just copiers and remember when digital started to come out and they need Fiery's in order for them to connect to the network.

Ha-ha, yea the Japs could build a state of the art copier but could never figure out how to make a shock absorber to hold open a copier. Instead they designed work arounds like brackets that locked under the collapsed shock absorber, etc, etc

[copiertec]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

I also remember having to be able to read wiring diagrams, and tracing circuts and being able to use a multi-meter to test and to see if certain circuits had the proper voltages. Want to have fun with a newbie...hand him a multi-meter and ask them to ohm out a motor or solenoid, I suppose it like maps vs. GPS. I remember bad exposure lamps, heat lamps, thermisters, and also when cleaning a copier also involved cleaning the optics under the platen glass.

[blackcat4866]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

How about the Canon 220/230 fax machines? As they aged, the CCD optics needed cleaning, but the odds were ever increasing that the power supply would not survive shutting it off, and you can't disassemble it without shutting it off.

So all my service calls started with this little talk: Yes, you're fax machine needs cleaning, but ... the odds are 50/50 that it won't wake up again if we turn it off. Do you want to take that chance?

And the DF feed rubber on these machines would literally fall off the hubs, and land in the CCD optics.
=^..^=

[BaconSteve]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

ha-ha keep adding to this post. Another thing came to mind, anyone remember the Sharp that talked? Had like 10 voice commands in a weird robotic voice. Every customer turned it off. Scared the hell out of a lot of secretaries in offices by themselves!

[copyman]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

I know the Olivetti version was the 1810, think the Sharp was SF-781. There were 2 models, one didn't have the talk feature if I remember correctly. Didn't that machine take a big master like it's little brother SF-756? Speaking of the SF-756, that little machine made me a lot of money. PM's every 8k at $300 a pop, about $125 profit. Was doing at least 2 PM's a day plus other service calls. Rate was $39 hour + $9 hour travel. That was like late 80's into early 90's.

[Grey]

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Hey!

Check platen glass with a bubble level, and use a small crowbar to lift the machine as you spin
the adjustable threaded feet to set the beast flat.

I'm lol at the truth and joy of the posts!

Grey

[KenB]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

How about the Canon 220/230 fax machines? As they aged, the CCD optics needed cleaning, but the odds were ever increasing that the power supply would not survive shutting it off, and you can't disassemble it without shutting it off.

So all my service calls started with this little talk: Yes, you're fax machine needs cleaning, but ... the odds are 50/50 that it won't wake up again if we turn it off. Do you want to take that chance?

And the DF feed rubber on these machines would literally fall off the hubs, and land in the CCD optics.
=^..^=

I made a living working on those. At least the 230 had a function to tell you if the phone line priority was reversed, unlike the 220. If it was wrong, they would receive, but not dial out to send.

Remember the 350, and the power supply caps (I think there were 6) that blew from heat, and there was a kit that included higher temp ones?

[Geo]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

I remember working on Gestetner 2130, don't remember the Mita number....Anyway, unplugging and plugging the unit, you had a 50/50 chance of blowing the Power Supply. Sadly, took a little while to this figure this out. P.S became standard car stock.

[slimslob]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

Re selenium v's cancer.
For what its worth, there is more selenium in eating Brazilian nuts than what you would have absorbed through your skin polishing selenium drums.
In moderation oral selenium is good for some types of inflammation....

------- update extra------------
htttps://draxe.com/brazil-nuts/
Brazil Nuts: The Top Selenium Food that Fights Inflammation - Dr. Axe

From what I remember there was a greater threat from the polishing compound than there was from the selenium.

[copyman]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

From what I remember there was a greater threat from the polishing compound than there was from the selenium.

I think the Cadmium Sulfide drums were more dangerous than selenium. Plus slim is right, there was this polish for the CDS drums called Pikel from Sharp. Stuff was deadly.

[copyman]

Re: Have some fun...Been in this biz so long....

I remember working on Gestetner 2130, don't remember the Mita number....Anyway, unplugging and plugging the unit, you had a 50/50 chance of blowing the Power Supply. Sadly, took a little while to this figure this out. P.S became standard car stock.

Are you talking about the Mita that the pwr supply was on top under moving table exp glass. It would get so hot that the cover would turn brown from heat. Was it the Mita 152z ? That was a decent machine for back then. Put in same category as the Toshiba 3301, a good small box.

[BLADE]

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finishers with 20 or more trays moving up and down, or worse still the dreaded Tandem finisher with 40 or 50 trays