Oldest machine you ever worked on

[aodtech]

Not sure if this was ever posted before, what was the oldest machine that a customer just couldn't part with? I replaced the exposure lamp on a 1983 Canon PC-25. Just say no to dark copies!!

[d7guitar]

Savin 770 Liquid toner !!!!! AUGH!!!!!

[totoro]

Xerox 1020 released in 1983?

[FRIDGEMAGNET]

Not sure if this was ever posted before, what was the oldest machine that a customer just couldn't part with? I replaced the exposure lamp on a 1983 Canon PC-25. Just say no to dark copies!!

I remember them - didn't they go through fuser lamps on a regular basis. They used to go frosted and bend.

[copytec]

Savin 220 ! And first formally traning on nashua 1220B/S. Boght a liquid machines. Great experiance and more less trouble with them then with powder machine.

[anothertech]

Royal 115 Great machine in 1984
A lot of work tho. Full PM's at 20k

The Canon PC25's were good too, unless you had to change one of those
main clutch packs, that thing was a pita.

[blackcat4866]

Mine was a Mita 900D. It used zinc oxide photo-reactive roll paper, that cuts to size up to 11 x 17. It had a moving tabletop that was driven on a bicycle chain, and if it was placed too close to a wall could push itself right off a table when the tabletop moved. In my younger years I've moved one of these myself, though I wouldn't dare try it now.

I owned one of these personally up until 2000, and had (6) for spare parts. I don't know why, because they all had exactly the same worn out parts. The paper loses its photo-reactive properties, and turns light brown with age. The image on the copies fades away after about 6 years in a file cabinet, or 30 minutes in bright sunlight.

What a technological wonder! I believe it was from 1985. =^..^=

[Baphomet]

The oldest machine I ever worked on was a '49 studebaker pick-up.

Ok, I know you mean copier type machines ... but my resume is not very impressive since I have only been in the business since 2000. The oldest machine I have worked on was an old Lanier 6523.
(by the way, the truck is not mine)

[Rajiva]

Oldest M/C /

Ricoh BS 2, Nashua 220. These machines used coated paper ( Zink oxide). There was no drum . The papaer itself was charged and exposed and then it used to pass , fully submerged, through the liquid toner tank. It is amazing to see how the technology kept improving year after year.

[Rajiva]

Oldie Goldie

Thanks a lot to 'This thread starter'. I once again recall the revolutionary copier called ' RICOH DT 850'. A "LTT" ( Liquid Toner Technology) marvel. Any one, who appriciates technology, should see its 'counter' working. A mechanical 'memory'. Ricoh DT 5200 a better looking machine took Indian market by storm in 80's.

[10871087]

Worked on a Mita DC-152 about a year ago, I think it was 20 or so years old?

[fixthecopier]

I have no idea how old it was, but I have never seen another one like it. It was called a "band printer". It was huge. It had all of the letters and numbers stamped into a metal band that was on two metal pulleys that moved back and forth while a hammer struck the letters against an ink ribbon. Kind of like a typewriter from a tech's nightmare. I was so proud I fixed it, I had only been in the biz for a year.

[bunnthebody]

Xerox 3100

The first copier I worked on was a Xerox 3100, It was built in 1973 and it was 1985 when I worked on them. You would return home everyday coated in toner. Roger

[banginbishop]

The oldest i ever worked on was................

Well she was about 50 I was early 20's - she had blonde hair don't know if she still had her own teeth but as they say "don't look at the mantle piece when your poking the fire"

Is that the question being asked? if not boll**ks to much info!!!

HEY IT WAS DARK - I COULDN'T SEE OK SO JUST LEAVE IT

[MR. COPY]

Oldest machine worked on.

The oldest copier I ever worked on was an Olivetti- Canada Copia II model. This was the first copier they made. It was a liquid coated paper unit, console design. The year was 1967. Didn't work very well so they ended up going to Sharp to manufacture future products.