I went to an account today and I could believe it.
They lock down the paper trays. WOW!
They lock down the paper trays. WOW!
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I have a university that did this.And Star Trek was just a tv show...yeah right! -
Not what I was expecting. I was working on a machine in a school, when they went on lockdown. I finished the PM and killed about an hour in the copy room. It's done a couple times a year with drug dogs & all that stuff.Comment
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I don't remember that brand name, but there's a coin-op stand that locks the cassettes like this, too.
Not quite the hasps and padlocks approach, though...“I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim HawkinsComment
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The title made me think of my old days at Pitney Bowes, and going into a prison to service the copiers and then being caught in a lock down...Comment
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We have 7 or more at a university law library that the vend station came with locks. They were Jamex.sigpic
The first law states that energy is conserved: The change in the internal energy is equal to the amount added by heating minus the amount lost by doing work on the environment.Comment
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Yep, when I see that it's usually at schools or universities, to stop students (or staff!) from stealing paper from the drawers.' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
Mascan42
'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
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I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!Comment
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So they're not going to be able to steal the 200 sheets o paper and sell it on ebay.
Well, you won't have to worry about someone coming along and loading another size paper in the tray and then not setting the correct size-jam-jam-jam!Comment
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I think this is a good thing. Like anothertech says, Maybe only the keyop will load paper, and the correct size & settings will be observed.
I, too, have spent several hours twiddling my thumbs in a locked office, while the maximun security prison was in lockdown. I was mostly bored and annoyed by the bleating sirens. I was done with the copier in the first hour. =^..^=If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.
blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=Comment
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I think I would, quite honestly, shit my pants if I was caught in a situation like this. I'd hate to be the engineer who ends up being the prison version of Andre the Giant's little bitch.It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.
Hit it.Comment
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One of our Universities does this as well.
We installed the locks for them using window / sliding door type pin locks. Basically just had to drill a hole through the side case of the machine and into the cassette. The pin then locked the drawer from opening once slid through.
It is a pain though because only certain people have access to the keys and it has previously taken some time just to remove some poorly stacked peper which was causing the jamming.Please don't ask me for firmware or service manuals as refusal often offends.Comment
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I was at a government controlled office (basically a section 8 housing office) when someone called in a bomb threat on the building. I was 1/2 through a full pm on a Toshiba 3500c and was told I had 5 minutes to finish and get out. The policy of the building is to evacuate when the police show up and not come back till the next day when the police have "control' of the situation.And Star Trek was just a tv show...yeah right!Comment
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There is a large university here in central melbourne which has the same setup of locking the trays. I have a copy of the key on my car keyring to access all machines and their trays. We set them up similar to this before installation as requested. Seems the students need to 'pay' for their paper and were getting away with just taking as much as they wanted.
Seems like a common scenario. I thought we were the only ones with this crazy request.Comment
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How about a "lock-in" ?
We had a tech do just that about 30 years ago at a factory.
He was working in an area where there were phones, but needed access codes to dial an outside line. Needless to say, he could find none. Being 1980, there were no cell phones.
Of course, this was at 5:00 on a Friday afternoon, so he didn't get out until about 6:00 Monday morning.
Fortunately there was a restroom and a snack machine with a bill changer so he didn't starve (or explode!).
“I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim HawkinsComment
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WOW!How about a "lock-in" ?
We had a tech do just that about 30 years ago at a factory.
He was working in an area where there were phones, but needed access codes to dial an outside line. Needless to say, he could find none. Being 1980, there were no cell phones.
Of course, this was at 5:00 on a Friday afternoon, so he didn't get out until about 6:00 Monday morning.
Fortunately there was a restroom and a snack machine with a bill changer so he didn't starve (or explode!).Comment
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