What's the weirdest thing that you have ever found inside a copier,printer?

[Debs1964]

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In England you will probably never see a snake in the wild.

I have seen an adder in the wild, when I'm out walking I often look out for our native reptiles.
Most reptiles are very secretive and will only attack something, that is not intended as prey, when it feels endangered. If you leave them alone, then they'll leave you alone. Now I do appreciate that sometimes you disturb them unintentionally. But, let's be honest, snakes cause far, far fewer deaths and injuries each year than our fellow humans do, we are the only animal that attack just for the fun of it!!

[Iowatech]

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I have seen an adder in the wild, when I'm out walking I often look out for our native reptiles.
Most reptiles are very secretive and will only attack something, that is not intended as prey, when it feels endangered. If you leave them alone, then they'll leave you alone. Now I do appreciate that sometimes you disturb them unintentionally. But, let's be honest, snakes cause far, far fewer deaths and injuries each year than our fellow humans do, we are the only animal that attack just for the fun of it!!

That works well for places that are this far north. Or at least places that have a cold season. But in places that don't have a cold season there are way more critters vigorously competing for the same space. Because of that the force of evolution there has made them quite unlike what we living in areas with a cold season are used to, and some of those creatures have evolved to be bastards. Therefore, an intense fear of snakes is likely to be a survival skill there that we don't require here.

[slimslob]

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I have seen an adder in the wild, when I'm out walking I often look out for our native reptiles.
Most reptiles are very secretive and will only attack something, that is not intended as prey, when it feels endangered. If you leave them alone, then they'll leave you alone. Now I do appreciate that sometimes you disturb them unintentionally. But, let's be honest, snakes cause far, far fewer deaths and injuries each year than our fellow humans do, we are the only animal that attack just for the fun of it!!

We have rattle snakes in many areas in California. Normally they will as you say leave you alone if you leave them alone. If they feel threatened, they will first buzz their rattles to warn you away. During a part of the year, they shed their skins. During that time they are for a brief time (days) they are blind and will strike at anything warm as they feel it is either food or threat. At this time of the year, snake handlers will use balloons filled with warm water to get the snake t strike at the balloon. Once they have struck, they can then be picked up, if you know the proper method, as they can only strike when they are coiled. If not coiled, they can not get their head far enough off the ground to bite.

[mattchall]

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I have seen an adder in the wild, when I'm out walking I often look out for our native reptiles.
Most reptiles are very secretive and will only attack something, that is not intended as prey, when it feels endangered. If you leave them alone, then they'll leave you alone. Now I do appreciate that sometimes you disturb them unintentionally. But, let's be honest, snakes cause far, far fewer deaths and injuries each year than our fellow humans do, we are the only animal that attack just for the fun of it!!

I spent a year at Kandahar Air Field repairing electronics for the Canadian military. The daily rocket attacks didn't bother me (although I wouldn't say they were fun), but just the thought of meeting up with a cobra or viper gave me nightmares! Came across a few black widow webs while running cables though; they didn't bother me but my coworker wouldn't go near them. The optics and filters on the copiers required constant cleaning, especially after a sandstorm.

[sonyboy]

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Once a Technician (when we still had one) came to our offices to look at our machine .

He found a half eaten toast inside the paper feeder , you know what he did ?

Took my cup of coffee from my hands, sat down and ate that toast .

[Gazzahos]

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IN OLD copier days in a Canon NP270 I found a dead mouse that had been hit by the scanner while it was returning to Home position. A friend of mine had a mouse get squashed flat in a Canon NP120 fixing assembly.

The last one doesn't sound that bad...right? Two stainless steel rollers with 18kg of nip pressure can do some big damage! Paper would go in at A4 size and come out 2mm longer!

[Gazzahos]

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One more. Om a hot summers day I was called in for P/j's on an NP270. Jamming at the registration guides. Once I had pulled the Copier apart I found the cause.
A Strawberry pip was standing vertically wedged in the exit of the registration guides and NOTHING could force it out! (Except for a metal ruler with some force applied!)

[Nachoman4life]

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Whole coffee beans in a Sharp Mx4101 finisher, binding up the exit grip arm assembly. Butterscotch candy still in wrapper.
Bottle of vodka hidden behind a machine.

My coworker had to clean up after a raccoon that was in the drop ceiling of an office, he fell through, trapped in the copy room, urinated all over the copier, and did a lot of other damage to the room.

Same coworker had a customer try to copy the label of a bottle of iodine in a sharp mxb301, without the cap on. They bought a new scanner unit.

[mjunkaged]

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One more. Om a hot summers day I was called in for P/j's on an NP270. Jamming at the registration guides. Once I had pulled the Copier apart I found the cause.
A Strawberry pip was standing vertically wedged in the exit of the registration guides and NOTHING could force it out! (Except for a metal ruler with some force applied!)

Enlighten me, what's a strawberry pip? I know what a strawberry is, of course....??

[Iowatech]

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Enlighten me, what's a strawberry pip? I know what a strawberry is, of course....??

A seed from a strawberry. That's why the raw ones can be a little crunchy.

[Gazzahos]

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Enlighten me, what's a strawberry pip? I know what a strawberry is, of course....??

I may have its name wrong. However THIS IS what was in it and entertained me for quite sometime pulling the copier apart!!!FullSizeRender.jpg

Look on the sides. That is the culprit.

[allan]

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Once a Technician (when we still had one) came to our offices to look at our machine .

He found a half eaten toast inside the paper feeder , you know what he did ?

Took my cup of coffee from my hands, sat down and ate that toast .

So you know how all the chicken bones get inside the finishers in the government buildings? Its the same across the country.
Well it makes for a nice place for the rats to chew in relative peace.
Thanks to KFC and bad hygiene!

[allan]

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Not weird and not inside the machine.

Fixing a copier at the local strip joint would make you dig thru all kinds of funky clothing to get to the machine, that being in the dressing room.
Must say it was very distracting getting the job done.

[mbcruzin]

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Not weird and not inside the machine.

Fixing a copier at the local strip joint would make you dig thru all kinds of funky clothing to get to the machine, that being in the dressing room.
Must say it was very distracting getting the job done.

I have few phobias in this world, but I'm starting to get one. Let me explain.

A few months ago I received a call for the one of our local gentlemen's club. They were having a printing issue on a POS station. After reinstalling the print driver and cleaning the machine of a few indiscernible substances. The manager said " Can you look at one of our other machines? It's jamming." Now I love hearing this as much as I love being stabbed repeatedly with a spoon. So with a fake smile I ask her where the other machine is at? Suddenly my mood improved after being told " it's up in the changing room". I felt like the wolf heading into the hen house. However much to my dismay there was no one up stairs save for me and my own disappointment.

Now I look around to find the copier over in the make up station. Huge mirror, a beauticians chair, make up strewn every which way, And a noticeable sparkle to everything EVERYTHING........ Now here is where this new phobia is starting to kick in. With every step I take there is a poof of sparkles. Now I'm not talking about the sparkles used in crafts or little girly things. I'm talking about stripper dust sparkles. This stuff is as fine as toner and it gets everywhere. So now I make my way over to the copier that is covered in sparkles. Looking inside the machine Stripper dust has covered the drum, feed rollers, scan mirrors, and there is another unknown substance on the platen glass. After a futile attempt at cleaning the machine. I too am now starting to get this dust all over my hands, shoes and cloths. I still haven't gotten to the jamming issue. Plus I am going to need a good explanation for my wife as to the state of my appearance. After I finished up and Replaced the rear gate in tray 1 for the jamming issue. The machine is still a stripper dusty mess, but it works. Now you all know about my new phobia fear of stripper dust........I wonder what we should call it?

[KapeKopyTek]

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Why would the "ladies" need a copier in the changing room.......? Just wondering.