Any old old school copier techs here?

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  • nathicana
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    #31
    Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

    I've worked on some of these machines when they were plentiful.

    Does anybody remember them?

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    • M94
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      #32
      Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

      Ahh yes old school... You mean slightly to old to be in highschool right? guys? right?

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      • slimslob
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        #33
        Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

        Originally posted by nathicana
        I've worked on some of these machines when they were plentiful.

        Does anybody remember them?

        [ATTACH=CONFIG]47869[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]47870[/ATTACH]
        Yeah there are a few I recognize. And a few I would like to forget.

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        • slimslob
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          Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

          Anyone remember the high speed e stats that SCM made for a while. They were built on the same floor standing frame as the Model 55 Electrostatic Copier and used high intensity Xenon strobes for exposure. The paper never stopped. When it hit the registration switch the strobes fired. The output of the strobe power pack was enough voltage and current to be lethal. I had to replace one once. The new power pack came with a booklet of instructions on exactly how to remove the old unit and the needed shorting plugs to attach before removing.

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          • BillyCarpenter
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            #35
            Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

            Originally posted by slimslob
            Anyone remember the high speed e stats that SCM made for a while. They were built on the same floor standing frame as the Model 55 Electrostatic Copier and used high intensity Xenon strobes for exposure. The paper never stopped. When it hit the registration switch the strobes fired. The output of the strobe power pack was enough voltage and current to be lethal. I had to replace one once. The new power pack came with a booklet of instructions on exactly how to remove the old unit and the needed shorting plugs to attach before removing.

            Damn it. The power pack reminds me of the old CRT's in the old TV's. Those have bitten me before something fierce. lol
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            • Grey
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              • May 2013
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              #36
              Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

              KenB has corrected my fuzzy memory!

              The machine pig I was referring to as the Canon PPC-1, was the sweet SAXON PPC-1.

              I worked at a silicon disk inspection camera manufacture as a production/inventory goon at COBILT.

              Same inspection type of equipment.

              We called the place CO-BITE. Silicon Valley about 1974 to 1976 time frame.

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              • Peter Summers
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                • Jul 2022
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                #37
                Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                I remember such a technique in our school.

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                • bizhubber
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                  #38
                  Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                  Here's some more old charts from the 90's.
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                  I can't find my old chart with a space shuttle on it ....maybe Sharp late eighties/early 90's

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                  • Grey
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                    • May 2013
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                    #39
                    Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                    Minolta chart gives me a Sad Memory of a Life Poorly Lived.

                    Both financial, and physical.

                    Never ever left a chart behind, because the customer would copy it and bitch about the quality if it was not EXACTLY the same.

                    Worked for an independent outfit in Silicon Valley. The Owner asked me, the Service Manager, "why are we buying Test Charts, when

                    we could just run off some copies of them?"

                    Think about that for a minute.

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                    • tsbservice
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                      #40
                      Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                      Originally posted by Grey
                      Minolta chart gives me a Sad Memory of a Life Poorly Lived.

                      Both financial, and physical.

                      Never ever left a chart behind, because the customer would copy it and bitch about the quality if it was not EXACTLY the same.

                      Worked for an independent outfit in Silicon Valley. The Owner asked me, the Service Manager, "why are we buying Test Charts, when

                      we could just run off some copies of them?"

                      Think about that for a minute.
                      At least you're grey not white like many others or bald like me ��
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                      • slimslob
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                        #41
                        Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                        Here is a link to some test charts on my Google drive that I posted about a year and a half ago. 302 Moved

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                        • spanky
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                          #42
                          Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                          Originally posted by bizhubber
                          Here's some more old charts from the 90's.
                          [ATTACH=CONFIG]54385[/ATTACH]
                          I can't find my old chart with a space shuttle on it ....maybe Sharp late eighties/early 90's
                          I have a test chart with the space shuttle on it, but it was distributed by Sel-Drum.

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                          • Peter Summers
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                            • Jul 2022
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                            #43
                            Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                            Really old school. We used such copy machines to make copies of our homework. When we couldn't get our assignments done in time. Most of the time they were essays. It took me a long time to be able to do that assignment competently. Until I found writinguniverse.com/free-essay-examples/god/ and thanks to the samples I understood how to write a paper competently. And that's how I was able to improve my grades.
                            Last edited by Peter Summers; 08-21-2022, 09:43 AM.

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                            • Phil B.
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                              #44
                              Re: Any old old school copier techs here?

                              Originally posted by Peter Summers
                              Really old school. We used such copy machines to make copies of our homework. When we couldn't get our assignments done in time. Most of the time they were essays. It took me a long time to be able to do that assignment competently. Until I found writinguniverse.com/free-essay-examples/god/ and thanks to the samples I understood how to write a paper competently. And that's how I was able to improve my grades.
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