The first copier you serviced

[Larhal]

I continued to use Dispersant as a cleaning solvent for a decade afterwards. When I could not find it anymore, I switched to paraffin lamp oil. It's just as good and does not damage drum surfaces, just a little oily.

As I Recall Dispersant was Isopar M. It i still available under that name if you look hard enough.

[Mako]

I started out working on Olivetti and IBM Typewriters. The first copier I worked on was the Canon PC25 around 1990. Also worked on some Mita machines around that time as well.

[brent]

this post is awesome. my dad was a dealer in 1980 I remember the minolta ep 101 and all the liquid machines that were horrible but they worked.. lol
he spilled on a customer floor and I always heard that story. I personally have worked on the ep 450z a lot or the ep 300 when I started in 1992 we stil had some left
maybe it was a ep 310 but that was long ago
brent

[Scott]

These were the first two copiers i worked on in 1981.
Some were liquid, most were dry toner. Hated that liquid & thermal paper!
Sharp SF-740 & SF-810. In the past 40+ years, I've worked on:
Sharp
Panasonic
Ricoh
HP
Brother
Epson
Xerox
Toshiba
Still working on Toshiba, HP, Epson, Xerox.


What were some of the first copiers you worked on?

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We sound alot alike , doing this since 1983

[Rusty.Harris]

We sold Sharp about that same time. Do you remember which model used cold pressure fusing where the 2 steel rollers clicked together as the trail edge of the paper exited?

SF-301 I think. Blue color. There was another one I think was a 330?
I remember I had a tech ask me if it was ok to adjust the pressure spring if he had wrinkles.
I said whatever you do, DON'T adjust the pressure springs.
Glad those things disappeared quickly!