Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

[graymatter]

Ding Ding Ding..................... (Yes I know we are old)
Didn't even get to page 3
You forgot the Sharp 825

Oh, man. The 825. I had finally succeeded in forgetting that hideous thing. Thanks a lot. ;-p

[KenB]

A few folks mentioned the Xerox 660.

While we never sold them, the founding partners of our dealership were very familiar with them because they were former Xeroids.

We took one in that was in pretty good shape on trade, and I remember installing it in a home "office" (it was a mobile home) on Christmas Eve of 1979.

It was about 4:30PM, so it was pretty much dark outside.

I remember when that puppy fired up on that all the lights in the mobile home went dim, the refrigerator stuttered, and the Christmas tree almost went out completely!

The following week, we moved the machine to a real office that the customer rented.

[wulffservice]

How about the Toshiba BD8812 or the BD5620. Both are clusterf.... with power cords.

Anything made by Toshiba that started with BD was pretty much garbage, but the worst was the BD-9110.

[jayshere]

Anything made by Toshiba that started with BD was pretty much garbage, but the worst was the BD-9110.

cmon troy i never worked or even saw that model but it cant be worse than 3511 or any oce can it

[wulffservice]

cmon troy i never worked or even saw that model but it cant be worse than 3511 or any oce can it

I haven't thought about Oce since I left CS. They definitely suck. The 3511 is very bad, but the BD-9110 was a nightmare. You're lucky you never saw one.

[10871087]

Toshiba

3511
2500/3500
and really, Toshiba's entire service mode approach sucks. Wholly counterintuitive.

I love the name/description Toshiba give its parts. For example, Item number 4401773010 is a K-ROL-SPT-CW-H. What the hell is that, It is obviously some sort of roller but why give it such a non-intuitive name.

[vincent64]

A few folks mentioned the Xerox 660.

While we never sold them, the founding partners of our dealership were very familiar with them because they were former Xeroids.

We took one in that was in pretty good shape on trade, and I remember installing it in a home "office" (it was a mobile home) on Christmas Eve of 1979.

It was about 4:30PM, so it was pretty much dark outside.

I remember when that puppy fired up on that all the lights in the mobile home went dim, the refrigerator stuttered, and the Christmas tree almost went out completely!

The following week, we moved the machine to a real office that the customer rented.

The Sharps that start with SD were some good machine, but this made me think of how many I have seen in office trailers out at chemical plants and refineries down here.
I have seen lights dim, breakers trip, and more power related problems with them, even better is when they are running the whole office trailer farm on generator power.

[rich bennett]

Oh, man. The 825. I had finally succeeded in forgetting that hideous thing. Thanks a lot. ;-p

825s, new blades flipped if not got tons of powder on, usually naffing the drum
and the 900, rocket scan return!

[rich bennett]

Sharp

SF900/901
SF760

( I kinda liked the 726 & 740, especially the PopTart cooker feature and the bamboo tongs)

Minolta

EP4230

Canon

NP155 moving platen monstrosity
NP2015
anything "imageCLASS"

Konica

8050

KonicaMinolta

C350
7145
420/500

Toshiba

3511
2500/3500
and really, Toshiba's entire service mode approach sucks. Wholly counterintuitive.

740, extre large, green print button!

[mrwho]

Nowadays I shudder at the tought of having to service a Konica Minolta 250/350. Gray pieces of sh!t, I wonder how NEC, which used to make some awesome mobile phones and other stuff, came to manufacture such turds. Even a Konica 7115 is better than that crap!

[leroyal]

Nowadays I shudder at the tought of having to service a Konica Minolta 250/350. Gray pieces of sh!t, I wonder how NEC, which used to make some awesome mobile phones and other stuff, came to manufacture such turds. Even a Konica 7115 is better than that crap!

I think NEC also made the Mita LDC- 550 fax machine, a real hulking beast. One of the first Laser fax machines, tho.

[gwaddle]

I would have to agree about the LDC-550. Almost a scary machine.

[Peter Montgomery]

...The Worst Xerox Machine Ever...

In My experience, the xerox 2006 would have to be the worst thing they ever rebadged.
It was a Techtronics thing If I remeber rightly.

If you reloaded the firmware once you did it a thousand times.
It never seemed to perform well.

Being "The Face" of Xerox when on site I had to put up with sooo many complaints about it and try and explain to the customer that the machine was a lemon and still keep my job.

A very tricky thing to do.


That machine didn't give any Value to the customer at all.

[Oztech]

Minolta

EP4230

When I first started in copiers I worked for a Minolta dealer in the UK, and still have nightmares about replacing the black/colour clutches on these machines!

[SCREWTAPE]

Canon IR4570/3570.
I love canon, but these machine caused me some grief