You know you are a tech because...

[igi]

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

hi there and welcome
your g she is not a techie she wont understand

i been techie long time my wife still dont understand

[Venom]

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

YOU KNOW YOU ARTE A TECH BECAUSE
...you have used electrical tape as a band-aid...
...picked toner ball from nose...
...have used spit to clean a slit glass...
...have a story about a dog on a service call...
...have cleaned a machine with a dirty rag because you're not feeling like retrieving the vacuum from your car but ends up taking twice as long...
...have taken free gift from nice customer...any hand outs appreciated...
...have farted at the copier and prayed that nobody entered room...

[CDVMike]

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

You Clean a Corona instead of Drinking one

[sweet.persona]

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

Phone always ringing without Reply ^^ ,

[jam-man]

[jcontractor]

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

When you turn on your laptop and search the internet for Copiers Manuals instead read your e-mails first.

[prntrfxr]

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

a 28 year old tech here in mexico told me once that "you are a copier tech when you can use your tools from the box to eat and open a beer with toner in your hands"...

I wear gloves when I work, now. Not because I had a problem eating with toner on my hands (washed my hands before eating, but toner is hard to get rid of), because other people did. I mean really, what's the problem. As a tech, we eat toner everyday. The second you blow out a machine, use your brush, or vacuum, you usually end up eating some.

[sanvicente]

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

You have ever used tools from your box to eat or prepare your lunch with

a 28 year old tech here in mexico told me once that "you are a copier tech when you can use your tools from the box to eat and open a beer with toner in your hands"...

[mrwho]

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

Here are the ones I can identify myself with:

You have toner fingerprints on your face no one will tell you about.
Your friends and family want you do do free fixes on your time.
You have ever used tools from your box to eat or prepare your lunch with
You learn the art of bullshit to deal with customers.
You know you don't know it all and you want to know more.
You have thought about making glass table tops out of original glass - Well, not glass table tops, but picture frames.
For a guy, a room full of women happy to see you , makes your day.
You know that "drum bias" does not mean you are prejudiced against drums
When some one says "corona", you think wire instead of beer
You go online to talk with techs from around the world who "Know what you are going through"
You have thought of making a wind chime out of old drums - again, not a windchime, but a cantena (google it)

[Tricky]

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. =^..^=

One of our field service guys likes to come into the workshop and complain to another engineer about the other field engineers. Fifty percent of his complaints are about the wrong screws, he talks about a Toshiba (blue screw) being used in a Canon as if its a dismissable offence. The only difference is its blue!

[Metalvoc]

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. =^..^=

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

[blackcat4866]

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. =^..^=

[Akitu]

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

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.

[Kidaver]

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

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...

[Zackuth]

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

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