Which copier was the biggest piece of crap ever?

[SteveF]

The first organic drum copiers by mita think it was the 16 or 18 series ..what a pile of ..........

[Bantams]

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

After a full day of dealing with MP4000's (either for that crappy developer, or the fuser, or that dumb-ass clip holding the pickup and feed rollers) I'm bumping them back to the top of the list.

Ive Invented a Mod for that dumb ass clip on the end of the feed rollers

Remove the feed unit from the machine and fit a Washer between the end of the shaft that drives the feed and the plastic frame it works 100% the washer part number is from a priport machine H006 2316 is the part number

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[jochenstacker]

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[Shadow1]

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

Mita 1755 and Ricoh MPC1500 are quite probably the Smallest Pieces of Crap ive ever worked on the Biggest Piece of Crap would be the Original Bellini Ricoh 105 CPM machine

I'd probably have to agree with the MPC1500 - they took "Cheap Low Volume" machine a little too far, but if you had that much trouble with any of the Ricoh 105's you got a lemon or you weren't doing something right.

After a full day of dealing with MP4000's (either for that crappy developer, or the fuser, or that dumb-ass clip holding the pickup and feed rollers) I'm bumping them back to the top of the list.

[skinnyb]

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I also still hold by my earlier statements that the iR3100C series and iR6800C series are the biggest piles of crap in existance.

I agree. Also the IR6800C evil twin the Imagepress C1. What a steaming pile.

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

Canon L380 Fax/Printer/Copier.
Cassette falls apart, front door falls apart, toner sensor won't work for no reason, document feeder doesn't work, paperjams every 5 pages, cheaply made, feels cheap and nasty, terrible to work on, i.e. hugely awkward due to some screws only being accessible if you take 50 other things off first, in true Canon fashion costs a fortune, in other words pure evil in the shape of a fax machine.
If it was a car, it would be Christine, except it won't be a cool retro 50's American cruiser, it would be a Toyota Corolla with the reliability and build quality of a 70's Russian car.
If you see one for sale cheaply, don't bother. I wouldn't accept one as a gift. I wouldn't take one for money.
That and the first gen IR4570. It could be it's even more evil twin.

[jochenstacker]

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

Canon L380 Fax/Printer/Copier.
Cassette falls apart, front door falls apart, toner sensor won't work for no reason, document feeder doesn't work, paperjams every 5 pages, cheaply made, feels cheap and nasty, terrible to work on, i.e. hugely awkward due to some screws only being accessible if you take 50 other things off first, in true Canon fashion costs a fortune, in other words pure evil in the shape of a fax machine.
If it was a car, it would be Christine, except it won't be a cool retro 50's American cruiser, it would be a Toyota Corolla with the reliability and build quality of a 70's Russian car.
If you see one for sale cheaply, don't bother. I wouldn't accept one as a gift. I wouldn't take one for money.
That and the first gen IR4570. It could be it's even more evil twin.

[Bantams]

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

Mita 1755 and Ricoh MPC1500 are quite probably the Smallest Pieces of Crap ive ever worked on the Biggest Piece of Crap would be the Original Bellini Ricoh 105 CPM machine

[kingpd@businessprints.net]

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I bet it was 1,000 times more reliable than today's stuff...

That god-damn Gutenberg press ... I'm still waiting on parts.

[Hemlock]

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That god-damn Gutenberg press ... I'm still waiting on parts.

[UPSTATE]

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How about the AB Dick 901 how old are you quys

[Old Tech]

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Mita DC 1755.....it was designed to never work properly for more than 2 weeks at a time.

[OSBC]

Re: Worst Copier

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

8412 and 7720 also come to mind. Just horrible machines in every way.

[dqtek]

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

Going way back XEROX 4000 and 5000 made from the inside out.