Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

[Debs1964]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

I've replaced a couple of duplex units, but I think the fusers are more reliable than the 02 range (of course, nothing is as reliable as the 01 range), haven't had many PCU/dev unit problems, only problem I've had with paper feed unit is low paper actuator coming off. Had to replace a couple of ITB units, and had 2 or 3 cleaning units back up, I blame the standard of servicing in the Midlands

[banginbishop]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

I'm amazed, I think they are a pretty good, reliable range of machines, they are my machine of choice to work on

[Debs1964]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Ricoh Metis range of turdlings.

destroyed a good range with a pile of shite. Failing fusers, transfere units, paper feed drives, dev units - even new out of the box screwed. Flimsy materials & bend quicker than limbo dancer!

grade 1 pike of crap & I'm a ashamed to have to apologise for them being so bad to the customer & make up some excuse.

No amount of firmware or upgrades will fix these awful money pits!

I'm amazed, I think they are a pretty good, reliable range of machines, they are my machine of choice to work on

[tech28]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Konica 1290, Minolta 650Z

[banginbishop]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Ricoh Metis range of turdlings.

destroyed a good range with a pile of shite. Failing fusers, transfere units, paper feed drives, dev units - even new out of the box screwed. Flimsy materials & bend quicker than limbo dancer!

grade 1 pike of crap & I'm a ashamed to have to apologise for them being so bad to the customer & make up some excuse.

No amount of firmware or upgrades will fix these awful money pits!

[fshead]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Since the title of this thread ends with the word "ever" you have to consider back to the old days of e-stat machines. I remember one from Apeco (American Photocopy Equipment COmpany) called the Dial-A-Matic. It had a rotary telephone type dial where you dialed in the number of copies you wanted. Techs called it the Dial-A-Jam.

that is where i started working.
doing shop work cleaning the liquid tanks out so
they could be put back out.
electrostatic paper etc..i i think it was the apeco 180.
i remember the savin 220 and 230 roll fed machine right about this time..they worked unlike the apeco line.

[slimslob]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Since the title of this thread ends with the word "ever" you have to consider back to the old days of e-stat machines. I remember one from Apeco (American Photocopy Equipment COmpany) called the Dial-A-Matic. It had a rotary telephone type dial where you dialed in the number of copies you wanted. Techs called it the Dial-A-Jam.

[Brian G]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

This is easy...Canon IRC 3100/3170 series! Rotating developer, clutch issues on toner supply so DV units get over packed and lock up. Jamming on right side due to door not shutting properly...should I go on! LOL!

[ViK2R]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Spent alot of time,Ricoh MPC7500/7501 series must be a clear winnerGreets all of ya'

[subaro]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Panasonic DP-2500

[Simon343]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Any Toshiba e-STUDIO A3 machine (I'm looking at you 2540C !!).

Stupidly heavy (handles only on *one* side, so lifting is a nightmare! Plus - even just moving it on the floor is a pain!), unnecessarily wide, looks ugly and are a pain to service (they don't seem to have a word for 'modular' in Toshiba world!).

That is all

[Printer People]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Canon 6060 - had to look after 4 of them in one building, moved to another part of country and inherited another on in a pig processing factory - NIGHTMARE

[zoraldinho]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Because of Canon CLC series 700, 900 and younger C1 I'm changing to a Leslie Nielsen!

[BLADE]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Any Lexmark printer they strapped a scanner to and tried to pretend it was a photocopier.

printers with strapons - genius!!

[Lagonda]

Re: Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

Any Lexmark printer they strapped a scanner to and tried to pretend it was a photocopier.