Machines that would make great boat anchors!

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  • Jimbo1
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Mar 2008
    • 845

    #1

    Machines that would make great boat anchors!

    Not to be confused with the thread about the crappiest. Not necessarily crappiest but most annoying.



    I vote Lanier 6714 or 6716.


    Next.

    "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

    Cdr. William Riker
  • lkrsardis
    Trusted Tech

    250+ Posts
    • Dec 2007
    • 316

    #2
    Ship ahoy

    Ricoh FT6085, Mita 312 and 513
    Like the United States Postal Service It's a miracle it works!

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    • blackcat4866
      Master Of The Obvious

      Site Contributor
      10,000+ Posts
      • Jul 2007
      • 23008

      #3
      The endless fuser updates on the Sharp Dragon I. You think they could provide the Cleaner Kit version compatible with the other current fuser kits? Apparently not.
      If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
      1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
      2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
      3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
      4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
      5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

      blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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      • dogsbody
        Trusted Tech

        250+ Posts
        • Jun 2007
        • 289

        #4
        KyoceraMita C2630 ours would not maintain image quality out of the box, slow and customers hated them - even got our Kyocera Tech Rep from sydney up and HE told the customers "they were the worst box every made".
        The force will be with you always.

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        • Jimbo1
          Senior Tech

          500+ Posts
          • Mar 2008
          • 845

          #5
          Sharp!!!!

          I was sent to school on the Sharp C-Dragon. They had this huge dissassembly procedure in a booklet for rebuilding the fuser because it was wired so ineptly that if you didn't follow that procedure to the letter you would fry a fuser. First fuser I have ever seen with heat lamps and extra heat rollers cause the lamps weren't good enough.



          By the way the Laniers I mentioned when starting this thread were made by Sharp.
          "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

          Cdr. William Riker

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          • laserman06
            Conservative in Exile

            250+ Posts
            • Dec 2007
            • 323

            #6
            Xerox 9790 Laser Printer---Big, ugly and heavy. A regular tank
            The family that prays together, stays together!
            Smile God created you and He doesn't make mistakes!

            Relax, God IS in control!

            Be still and know that I am God
            Ps 46:10

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            • pjdbm
              Trusted Tech

              250+ Posts
              • Sep 2007
              • 360

              #7
              Sharp SF2020 hands Down!

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              • Navy
                Brown Shoe Sailor
                • Jul 2006
                • 47

                #8
                Mita DC-8090 and all models based on it. Big, Heavy, and Shitty. It would make a great anchor.
                NAVY - Never Again Volunteer Yourself

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                • ToshibaTech
                  Senior Tech

                  500+ Posts
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 580

                  #9
                  toshiba 3511 series
                  panasonic 2500 digital series

                  ugh...
                  I will not give you service manuals or firmware.

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                  • LY3IJ
                    Technician

                    50+ Posts
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 53

                    #10
                    Canon 3325, 3825
                    black copies due to broken scaner wires ... feeee
                    got many of them but now only 1 still alive

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                    • pspahr
                      Toner Schlep

                      100+ Posts
                      • May 2008
                      • 227

                      #11
                      No Doubt about it

                      The Ricoh 1224c models and all other variants. If you know the machine, you know the reason.

                      Of course, part of the reason is it's an under-built lightweight so a boat anchor might not be a prime job for it....maybe it'd be better as a very large doorstop.
                      VectorLinux---Check it out!

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                      • b003ace
                        Technician

                        50+ Posts
                        • Jun 2008
                        • 78

                        #12
                        Boat Anchors

                        Originally posted by pspahr
                        The Ricoh 1224c models and all other variants. If you know the machine, you know the reason.

                        Of course, part of the reason is it's an under-built lightweight so a boat anchor might not be a prime job for it....maybe it'd be better as a very large doorstop.
                        I agree these are junk, but the Ricoh Aficio 2035/2045/2035e/2045e are also pretty bad, a big step backward from the 1035/1045 they replaced.

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                        • micko
                          Technician
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 17

                          #13
                          Ricoh FT7770 - sponge rollers for duplexing - what a Joke!

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                          • Jimbo1
                            Senior Tech

                            500+ Posts
                            • Mar 2008
                            • 845

                            #14
                            The problem with those Ricoh mid volume is they keep doing insane things to the fusers and PCU's. The two drum blades was the first HUH? and it went from there.
                            "Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you."

                            Cdr. William Riker

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                            • pspahr
                              Toner Schlep

                              100+ Posts
                              • May 2008
                              • 227

                              #15
                              The Horror...the horror!!!!

                              Originally posted by micko
                              Ricoh FT7770 - sponge rollers for duplexing - what a Joke!
                              Man, the nightmares of the FT 7770............The FT 8780/90 were God-sends when they replaced what really should have been called the FT 666-0 series.

                              Truly, though, the 7770's weren't as horrible as some more recent machines, though. Konica, before they became Monica, had some really awful high volume equipment. One in particular that I cannot remember the model name made me ill everytime a call came in for it.
                              VectorLinux---Check it out!

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