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  • M94
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    • Jul 2020
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    Newbie - About me

    Hello all, I am a new print tech in Soldotna Alaska. I'm being dropped into this with no prior experience in printers whatsoever. I do have 6+ years of home user\small business general IT. My employer's intention is to focus on service contracts for Kyocera TASKalfa series printers primarily so the month worth of online classes have been on Kyocera's learning center. That said our partner has various brands and locally I believe I will be servicing some of their smaller HP machines, currently waiting on registration for HP courses. I also had a week of hands on with our partner company to get a little field experience. That being said I'm stepping into this as green as can be and right now I'm in a state of limbo while our partner authorizes me to work on their contracts locally and my employer gets some printers\contracts sold. So until that stuff gets rolling I am just trying to sponge any information I can and get tied into any resources I can get my hands on, which led me here.

    That's a little about me, so I guess I'll top this off with a question. I have completed some coursework on Kyocera NetAdmin\NetViewer\Device Manager\Fleet Services and I find myself having some trouble differentiating them all. It looks to me like they mostly cover the same groundwork and as far as I can tell the main difference is that some are cloud\not cloud and that some are for local administration vs truly remote administration (IE monitoring all contracted machines at various local businesses). It looks like KFS is the grand daddy of these with the most complete feature set, however it also looks like you need to be a dealer for access which we aren't yet. So with all of that said, will one of the other programs work off site without needing KFS or am I missing something entirely?

    Thank you all for your time, I'm excited to join the community and look forward to learning and growing as a technician through you. If you have any questions about me, my position, or anything else feel free to ask.
  • srvctec
    Former KM Senior Tech

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    • Oct 2009
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    Re: Newbie - About me

    Welcome to the forum!! Sounds like you'll fit right in here.



    I really can't believe nobody responded to this post after 3 whole weeks and 78 views. I would have responded earlier but we've been swamped for weeks and I've gotten WAY behind on CTN (today is the first day I've been caught up here in about 6 weeks).
    Started in the copier service business in the fall of 1988 and worked at the same company for 33.5 years, becoming the senior tech in 2004 but left to pursue another career on 4/29/22.

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    • tsbservice
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      • May 2007
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      Welcome!
      A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
      Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

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      • slimslob
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        • May 2013
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        #4
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        Glad to have you join us.

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        • Phil B.
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          • Jul 2016
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          #5
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          Welcome

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          • mga
            Copier Technician

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            Hello
            Regards Mark

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            RICOH, CANON, KYOCERA, KONICA, SHARP, HP/SAMSUNG BROTHER, LEXMARK.

            https://copierservices.simdif.com

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            • Phil B.
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              Why is it that we never see the " Three Amigo's " welcome newbie's to CTN? Do they feel that new users aren't worth their time to say

              "WELCOME" ?

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              • bob marley
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                • Jan 2012
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                Welcome
                Live for yourself and you will live in vain. Live for others, and you will live again

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                • M94
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                  Haha wow guys appreciate the love, a little odd to watch this post blow up now though. That's all right, better late than never and I look forward to collaborating with you all!

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                  • BillyCarpenter
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                    Welcome aboard. I mainly work with the Kyocera TaskAlfa series. I'm not an authorized dealer but do have many years of experience and am factory trained on many Sharp and Kyocera machines - the older ones. It's taken me a solid year to become proficient on these machines. It's tough when you don't have access to factory training or access to all the information and everything that goes with it. I would suggest you learn the basics first. Without a solid foundation, the roof will collapse...so to speak.
                    Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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                    • M94
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                      Originally posted by BillyCarpenter
                      Welcome aboard. I mainly work with the Kyocera TaskAlfa series. I'm not an authorized dealer but do have many years of experience and am factory trained on many Sharp and Kyocera machines - the older ones. It's taken me a solid year to become proficient on these machines. It's tough when you don't have access to factory training or access to all the information and everything that goes with it. I would suggest you learn the basics first. Without a solid foundation, the roof will collapse...so to speak.
                      I appreciate the suggestion and if anyone has recommendations of good resources to sink into or ways to better familiarize myself I'm happy to take advice. My employer very much expects me to be mostly independent in this regard and so I'm doing everything I can to better prepare myself. I have some time before we really have a serviceable fleet in the area so until that starts rolling my office hours are mine to spend as I see fit for the most part to ready myself for what is to come.

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                      • Phil B.
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                        • Jul 2016
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                        Originally posted by BillyCarpenter
                        Welcome aboard. I mainly work with the Kyocera TaskAlfa series. I'm not an authorized dealer but do have many years of experience and am factory trained on many Sharp and Kyocera machines - the older ones. It's taken me a solid year to become proficient on these machines. It's tough when you don't have access to factory training or access to all the information and everything that goes with it. I would suggest you learn the basics first. Without a solid foundation, the roof will collapse...so to speak.
                        +1 Billy.

                        It takes YEARS if you are good at your job and have the resources needed for the job. Life before on-line training,, place like CTN and the Internet made it basically as learn as you go situation .. and back then the senior techs seemed reluctant to help a newbie. That is one reason I have always tried to help the 'new guy on the block'. Soo much knowledge was lost do to that attitude by the older techs. Call-in Tech support is more understanding now also.

                        Ahhh to be young and with all these great tools for the asking.

                        I guess that's why I push the contribution thingy here at CTN.. because a lot of these type sites have gone by the wayside. A Small contribution to the site ( $5-10 ) to this wonderful resource will earn you a contributor badge (such as the one on my profile) will get you help quicker than not having one. Please keep in mind, that donation DOES NOT GO to the techs here, but rather goes to keep the site running without the need for advertisers.
                        Some are willing to SELL you what you need but techs like Synth - tsbservice - mga and others are willing to help out without the need for compensation.



                        I also urge all newbies to review the Forum Rules so you don't collect red cards for violating forum rules. ** NOTE fighting harassment and foul language CAN earn you a red card in anything BUT Rants-N-Raves threads where really (according to forum rules ANYTHING GOES).



                        Again welcome M94 and glad to see you also BillyCarpenter !

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                        • Phil B.
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                          Originally posted by M94
                          I appreciate the suggestion and if anyone has recommendations of good resources to sink into or ways to better familiarize myself I'm happy to take advice. My employer very much expects me to be mostly independent in this regard and so I'm doing everything I can to better prepare myself. I have some time before we really have a serviceable fleet in the area so until that starts rolling my office hours are mine to spend as I see fit for the most part to ready myself for what is to come.
                          READ...STUDY manuals and READ some more!

                          as far as online testing .. get two to three computers ( desktops/laptops ) setup... one for the test taking... one for manuals (service n parts ) and other for searching online. That's always been my route for test taking. Mind you most tests have a time limit so knowing the basics BEFORE you start ( pre test are great ) and you should pass any test with flying colors.

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                          • BillyCarpenter
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                            Originally posted by M94
                            I appreciate the suggestion and if anyone has recommendations of good resources to sink into or ways to better familiarize myself I'm happy to take advice. My employer very much expects me to be mostly independent in this regard and so I'm doing everything I can to better prepare myself. I have some time before we really have a serviceable fleet in the area so until that starts rolling my office hours are mine to spend as I see fit for the most part to ready myself for what is to come.
                            When I say "basics", I mean basics. It's tempting for new techs to want to skip this and dive into working on the machine. Often times a new tech will say: "I have the manual, I'm ready to work on the machine." Well, a new tech with a manual just became more dangerous.

                            You need to understand the copy process. I did a quick search on the ol' net and came acorss this. It's talking about an analog copier, I think, but the pricipals are the same except for for the imagining process. The new digital copiers don't reflect the image on the drum, it converts the information to 1's and O's - digital.

                            Here's the link. You can probably find a better one. I'm too lazy to find it right now. Good luck.

                            The Basics - How Photocopiers Work | HowStuffWorks
                            Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.

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                            • Phil B.
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                              Originally posted by BillyCarpenter
                              When I say "basics", I mean basics. It's tempting for new techs to want to skip this and dive into working on the machine. Often times a new tech will say: "I have the manual, I'm ready to work on the machine." Well, a new tech with a manual just became more dangerous.

                              You need to understand the copy process. I did a quick search on the ol' net and came acorss this. It's talking about an analog copier, I think, but the pricipals are the same except for for the imagining process. The new digital copiers don't reflect the image on the drum, it converts the information to 1's and O's - digital.

                              Here's the link. You can probably find a better one. I'm too lazy to find it right now. Good luck.

                              The Basics - How Photocopiers Work | HowStuffWorks
                              most times the front of the service manual covers the basic steps example from an HP SM
                              5Functional Information
                              Overview
                              This chapter presents a generalized functional overview of the printer
                              and the printing processes. This chapter discusses the following
                              printer systems:
                              l Power Supply System
                              l Engine Controller System
                              l Formatter System
                              l Image Formation System
                              l Paper Feed System
                              l Basic Sequence of Operation

                              this covers the sections for basic system functional Information

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