You know you are a tech because...

[blackcat4866]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

Riddle me this - what kind of fax did John McLane use in Die Hard 2, when faxing the dead guys fingerprints to Al?

And what kind of image quality can you reasonably get at 100x200dpi? Certainly not good enough to determine anything from an image as small as a fingerprint. =^..^=

[mojorolla]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

* You run around all day with toner on your face and no one tells you til your in picking up parts.
* When you blow your nose, it looks like a color wheel. Usually after a PM.
* You will never be a hand model.
* You carry a flashlight with you at all times.
* You refer to a drum as OPC.
* You make parts out of paperclips.

[KenB]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

,,,your favorite tool for fixing things around the house is a springhook.

[HenryT2]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

You know you are a tech when ----- >>>>> Fixthecopier "You have thought of making a wind chime out of old drums"
Wild Bill :I did make wind chimes out of little HP drums. Cut em at differant lengths and at angle. Guess Im in"

Me too !!
Also don't forget to use Developer ( outer ) and Hot rollers . { just a hobby } All these together makes a good tone.
When you disassemble a copier, you accidentally DROP parts on the floor to see if they make a tone worth building a set of chimes. ( I'm trying to find rollers from an old pressure fuser )

[Hemlock]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

Riddle me this - what kind of fax did John McLane use in Die Hard 2, when faxing the dead guys fingerprints to Al?

[pacman]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

Cosign on the spotting copiers in TV shows and movies.

I forget which show I was watching...it could have been Parks and Rec or The Office but I remember thinking to myself "It's past 2005.....what the heck are they doing with an ANALOG copier?!?!?"

[Hemlock]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

only to find out when you walk in the customers office that you have a mustard/mayo/ketchup stain on your tie and shirt because the flipper at Mc D know that you would be five mile from the restaurnt before you discovered that they gave you a regular hamburger with extra mayo, extra mustard, and extra ketchup!

For the better part of 15 years I've been ordering every cheeseburger plain, just for that reason.

[montana]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

You learn the art of bullshit to deal with customers............yes ...i think it is more difficult than fixing the machines...

[igi]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

Even good techs have bad days. Sometimes when I am done and it test OK, I go YEA!. Then I explain that I am happy that it works after I touched it, because it does not always work out that way.

Dreaded comment from customer... "It did not do that until you worked on it!"

hi
i agree but on average a good tech will leave the copier in better condition then before
cheers

[fixthecopier]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

hi
the statement above missing GOOD TECH
cheers

Even good techs have bad days. Sometimes when I am done and it test OK, I go YEA!. Then I explain that I am happy that it works after I touched it, because it does not always work out that way.

Dreaded comment from customer... "It did not do that until you worked on it!"

[igi]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

You know you are a tech because it works better after you have touched it.

hi
the statement above missing GOOD TECH
cheers

[fixthecopier]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

Man you know, I've never met a tech that couldn't drive with their knees. Reminds me of a story:

I made myself a tomato & mayo sandwich (tomato fresh out of the garden, it was awesome BTW) one day and was driving to a call. A cop pulled in behind me out of nowhere and that sandwich slid across the top of my dashboard like a water skier in chop and ended up in the passenger window. Cop passed me laughing his head off. My dash shone like a mirror for almost a month. I wonder mayo polishes anything else good like that? Hmmm...

I have done it for so long that I get relaxed with it and have almost got caught. I can't count the number of times that I have driven past MP's { military police } with my right arm across the top of the seat and my left holding a cup of coffee as I pass one in a patrol car, while talking on my blue tooth. [$300 fine to be seen holding a phone and driving on a military base ] A couple of them have turned around and ran me down but by the time they catch me, I have my hands at 10 and 2. One of them pulled me one day and ask me about my driving with no hands. I told him he must be mistaken because you would have to be an idiot or a copy repair man to drive like that. He looked to be 20 and did not get my sarcasm, but let me go.

[jonezy999]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

I read the local paper real estate guides, then show up on site the next day with parts to repair the machine they didn't know had an issue.

[Metalvoc]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

When the waiter hands you the menu you check for copy quality issues before looking to see whats to eat.

Menus aren't the worst of it. have you ever walked past one of those boards where everyone has their flyers posted? I was staring at one for several minutes a while back, and the gf thought I was looking at the bands that were playing. I was actually trying to see if I could guess the manufacturer that the different flyers were printed on. Around ten years or so ago, when I was working on canon analogs, I could see that half-black print from a canon a mile away.

[Lagonda]

Re: You know you are a tech because...

When the waiter hands you the menu you check for copy quality issues before looking to see whats to eat.