Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

[rapidocument]

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

Oldies: Konica 4290 (stream feeding issue), I remember having to use a duplex motor to use instead of the feeding motor as workaround (among other things), My boss back then had several of these in a goverment offices and I visited them almost on a daily basis.


Recent: Sharp ARM237
Developer spilling, yes, yes, Change developer, change drum, change whole units, change boards, change transfer, update firmware, change toner, check electricity,...and guess what....they called again to report that is spilling again..!!

[FMC]

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

Still the Venus, but the Charis (MPC6502/Pro 5100) is making a grab for the crown based on the amount of eco psu's I'm replacing!!!!

[allan]

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Konica Minolta B36/42 made my list.

[knobby]

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Canon 270

[anuar88]

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Ricoh afico is pure evil ..

[Phrag]

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

Whichever one you hate the most that day.

Did I say that already?

[Tulsa]

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Toshiba BD 8412. 2 updates. Cm11 took 8 hours and still never worked. Toshiba had to by a bunch back.

[Old Copier Doctor]

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

How about the Canon NP 7550 with its cleaning roller issues? Or the dinosaur NP 5000 with its silicon roller in the fuser that had to be rejuvenated by soaking it in fuser oil? And the NP5000 was timed by microswiches behind the drum ( pre photointerrrupter days) and this was fun(?) when the switches got cracked from use.

[Rich]

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

Panasonic FP-C1 has to be up there. Late 1980's digital "colour" box of crap. Forget setting up colour balances coz the customer could change them to something way out then store it as default. Back you'd go again.....................................

[fshead]

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

Any colour machine with rotating dev units.

I DONT MISS THE RICOH 4106,6513 or any of those lot...
the copies were impressive when they ran..

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Olivetti MF3000

[NPS]

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

Any colour machine with rotating dev units.

[lfruean]

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Ricoh MPC 4502/5502 are alright machines. But the fusers with this problem with the heat sleeve that peels. Crapiest fusers ever. I had to replace sleeves where fusers were only 15% into total fuser lifetime.

[fshead]

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as for headache jams and dirty id say the minolta ep510 and 710..
did learn to treak the ac sep power supply to keep drum wraps down but
on dry days the ac might fade the lead edge....bad copies better than no copies..
the you have the 450z wth the power supply mounted under the heater unit..and badd badd solder joints..

[gdisc54]

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

How about the mita dc 4090 dusting pig