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  • excanonguy
    Trusted Tech

    100+ Posts
    • Jun 2008
    • 173
    #76
    Re: You know you are a tech because...

    Originally posted by minimerlin
    My wife is always finding screws in the pockets of my trousers (pants) or on top of the refridgerator where I put my car keys! I swear to her that they must have fallen in!
    I get in the most trouble when she steps on them ,or finds them in her washer or dryer !

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      • Steve Baker
        Technician
        • Aug 2011
        • 22
        #77
        Re: You know you are a tech because...

        You arrive with a smile, work with a frown and leave with a smile...

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          • daveyball
            Trusted Tech

            250+ Posts
            • May 2009
            • 314
            #78
            Re: You know you are a tech because...

            Originally posted by minimerlin
            My wife is always finding screws in the pockets of my trousers (pants) or on top of the refridgerator where I put my car keys! I swear to her that they must have fallen in!

            You know you are tech, as there always "spare screws" after a major strip down.

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              • Kidaver
                Ghoulscout

                500+ Posts
                • Apr 2011
                • 912
                #79
                Re: You know you are a tech because...

                I went into some place last week and had to sign some paperwork for something and they needed a copy of my DL.....when they handed me the copies I told them they needed to clean the slit glass on their little HP fax/copier....they looked at me with blank stares and said "there is a scanner glass in this thing....
                "In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."

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                  • blackcat4866
                    Master Of The Obvious

                    Site Contributor
                    10,000+ Posts
                    • Jul 2007
                    • 22749
                    #80
                    Re: You know you are a tech because...

                    Originally posted by Kidaver
                    I went into some place last week and had to sign some paperwork for something and they needed a copy of my DL.....when they handed me the copies I told them they needed to clean the slit glass on their little HP fax/copier....they looked at me with blank stares and said "there is a scanner glass in this thing....
                    They ran your drivers license through the document feeder? Isn't that a laminated plastic card, too thick and too inflexible to twist it's way through a document feeder? I would have thought that it would have to scan off the platen.
                    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 =^..^=

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                      • Lagonda
                        Service Manager

                        Site Contributor
                        1,000+ Posts
                        • Aug 2008
                        • 1650
                        #81
                        Re: You know you are a tech because...

                        ......you can utilise old copier bits to repair things around the house.

                        I've just used the metal backing off a cleaning blade to fix the latch on the back gate.
                        At least 50% of IT is a solution looking for a problem.

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                          • MaineCopyTech
                            Technician
                            • Aug 2011
                            • 11
                            #82
                            Re: You know you are a tech because...

                            Originally posted by daveyball
                            You know you are tech, as there always "spare screws" after a major strip down.
                            LOL been there!


                            But ever had this happen....... 1st time disassembling something have a few screws EXTRA (of course)...then after forgetting to plug in a connector or something, disassemble and reassemble, but then come up SHORT 2 OR 3 SCREWS?!?! WTF!!

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                              • jonezy999
                                just one copy??

                                Site Contributor
                                500+ Posts
                                • Feb 2010
                                • 952
                                #83
                                Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                Originally posted by MaineCopyTech
                                LOL been there!


                                But ever had this happen....... 1st time disassembling something have a few screws EXTRA (of course)...then after forgetting to plug in a connector or something, disassemble and reassemble, but then come up SHORT 2 OR 3 SCREWS?!?! WTF!!
                                This just doesn't happen to me. I think I'm somewhat autistic or something like that. As I'm removing screws, I count them subconsciously. I don't intentionally do this, I just memorize how many screws and which type they are for each unit I disassembled.. If I ever have a screw left over, its out with the tools again and find where it is missing from. I just can't leave a machine not knowing where something should have gone.
                                I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas Edison

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                                  • fixthecopier
                                    ALIEN OVERLORD

                                    2,500+ Posts
                                    • Apr 2008
                                    • 4714
                                    #84
                                    Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                    Originally posted by jonezy999
                                    This just doesn't happen to me. I think I'm somewhat autistic or something like that. As I'm removing screws, I count them subconsciously. I don't intentionally do this, I just memorize how many screws and which type they are for each unit I disassembled.. If I ever have a screw left over, its out with the tools again and find where it is missing from. I just can't leave a machine not knowing where something should have gone.


                                    Wow, you would love one of our techs. We know Calvin has been there because of all the missing screws.
                                    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                                      • prntrfxr
                                        Service Manager

                                        1,000+ Posts
                                        • Apr 2008
                                        • 1637
                                        #85
                                        Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                        Originally posted by jonezy999
                                        This just doesn't happen to me. I think I'm somewhat autistic or something like that. As I'm removing screws, I count them subconsciously. I don't intentionally do this, I just memorize how many screws and which type they are for each unit I disassembled.. If I ever have a screw left over, its out with the tools again and find where it is missing from. I just can't leave a machine not knowing where something should have gone.
                                        '

                                        I have a system when I take them out and I carry a magnetic dish to hold them while I take them out (Don't put it close to your meter.) I don't usually have any extras. (If I do I take the whole thing apart until I find out where it goes. Which is really bad if you have co-workers that like to play jokes like tossing extra screws in my pile.)
                                        Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!".

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                                          • Zackuth
                                            Trusted Tech

                                            250+ Posts
                                            • Aug 2009
                                            • 448
                                            #86
                                            Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                            Look at this site. I have one, and it really helps.


                                            index.html
                                            If at first you don't succeed, redefine success

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                                              • Kidaver
                                                Ghoulscout

                                                500+ Posts
                                                • Apr 2011
                                                • 912
                                                #87
                                                Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                                Originally posted by blackcat4866
                                                They ran your drivers license through the document feeder? Isn't that a laminated plastic card, too thick and too inflexible to twist it's way through a document feeder? I would have thought that it would have to scan off the platen.
                                                It was more a fax machine than copier....so it didn't have a platen...
                                                "In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."

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                                                  • Akitu
                                                    Legendary Frost Spec Tech

                                                    Site Contributor
                                                    2,500+ Posts
                                                    • Oct 2010
                                                    • 2596
                                                    #88
                                                    Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                                    Originally posted by Kidaver
                                                    It was more a fax machine than copier....so it didn't have a platen...
                                                    Don't let HP find out they actually did something SO right that it could actually pull a thick plastic driver's license through a doc feeder then, they might actually think they sold quality products.
                                                    Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?

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                                                      • blackcat4866
                                                        Master Of The Obvious

                                                        Site Contributor
                                                        10,000+ Posts
                                                        • Jul 2007
                                                        • 22749
                                                        #89
                                                        Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                                        You know you are a tech when you know if a machine is being disassembled for the first time. If it wasn't the first time you know if it was you by some tell, like blue tie-wraps or non self-tapping screws mounting the fuser or adjustment screws marked with metallic blue nail polish. =^..^=
                                                        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 =^..^=

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                                                          • Metalvoc
                                                            Trusted Tech

                                                            100+ Posts
                                                            • Sep 2008
                                                            • 155
                                                            #90
                                                            Re: You know you are a tech because...

                                                            Originally posted by blackcat4866
                                                            You know you are a tech when you know if a machine is being disassembled for the first time. If it wasn't the first time you know if it was you by some tell, like blue tie-wraps or non self-tapping screws mounting the fuser or adjustment screws marked with metallic blue nail polish. =^..^=
                                                            haha, You know you're a tech when you go to the store to buy nail polish that will never end up on someone's fingernails.

                                                            I also thought of this one: you have at least a couple tools that you have made yourself out a different tool, or copier parts, or spare electronics
                                                            I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up - Mark Twain

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