Canon or Minolta

[Guest]

Time to get new copiers. We have Minolta right now but looking at Canon. The Minolta we would get is BH951 and C6000L. The Canon would be C5051 and C9065. What does everyone think? I have no experience with Canon. Thanks

[SCREWTAPE]

Re: Canon or Minolta

Time to get new copiers. We have Minolta right now but looking at Canon. The Minolta we would get is BH951 and C6000L. The Canon would be C5051 and C9065. What does everyone think? I have no experience with Canon. Thanks

Canon of course.

However, this model you mention C5051 is discontinued. Canon now has C5255.

I would go with the Canon.

[sonyboy]

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I hear the Minolta is just as good as Canon.. I have a canon that is giving me hell and im even thinking of sending it back for a Minolta...

[deere]

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Need more suggestions. Minolta or Canon?

[ed92]

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Konica for the qualite of printing

j ai les deux et franchement l'ecran est mieux sur le canon mais pas les impression les temps de pre chauffage est beaucoup trop long sur le canon il est fait des reglage de demi teinte tout le temps

[Rolandito]

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I go for Konica Minolta....Minolta has very advanced machines in Black and White......easy to use easy to fix....

In productions Color machines I think Canon is better...

I hope this will be helpful

[Simons]

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Canon leads the industry and Rand D dollars are 2 to 1 ratio vs the competitors. Canon U.S.A. : Market Leadership Check the back page of the market share PDF for 2010 and then tell us you want a Minolta

[Hansoon]

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Check the back page of the market share PDF for 2010

Market share achieved by subsidizing machines? One day the invested capital has to be paid back..........., or not.

Hans

[jdthomas3]

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Dear Anyone,

Our Minolta CF2002 Will not go into ready mode. The Scanner screen says Please Wait then it goes black. The printer does go through the initiation phase anymore. It said that I had a lower waste toner. I empty it again like to person where we bought from said. Can someone tell me what's wrong. I also replaced the red drum in it months ago and turn it off months ago now it will not go into ready mode. Please, contact at your earliest convenience at johnnytjohnnydt@yahoo.com with your solutions. Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Johnny

[blazebusiness]

Re: Canon or Minolta

Time to get new copiers. We have Minolta right now but looking at Canon. The Minolta we would get is BH951 and C6000L. The Canon would be C5051 and C9065. What does everyone think? I have no experience with Canon. Thanks

You'd probably be happy with either brand so maybe price will be the final determining factor. I was a factory trained Canon tech for years and love the brand, they are very solid machines.....but I'd recommend the Konica Minolta machines all day long. Much easier to service and in my humble opinion they break down less. We sell both and Konica Minolta has much more rugged boxes nowadays than Canon. (not to say that both brand names don't have an occasional model that is a dog.)

[copiman]

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In my humble opinion, both are ok, as well as some other manufacture's equipment. To me, here are the things to check out before making a decision. Obviously, price is important. Another factor is operating cost. What does it cost you to produce a black and white page as well as color page. Usually, the machine cost is close between most manufacturers. But the operating cost can be very different. I have always been told Konica Minolta has a high operating cost, but don't take my word for it, check it out. If you go with a maintenance agreement, which I would assume covers everything except paper, you can compare operating cost between the different machines. I say all of this because I have seen a lot in my 30 years in the industry. Now that cost is covered, lets talk about support. Without good support, it does not matter what you get. Make sure you will be getting the support you require.

[blazebusiness]

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The Scanning device display says Please Hold out then it goes dark. The printing device does go through the start stage any longer. It said that I had a reduced spend skin toner. I vacant it again like to individual where we purchased from said. Can someone tell me what's incorrect. I also changed the red drum in it several weeks ago and convert it off several weeks ago now it will not go into prepared method. Please, get in touch with at your very first comfort at with your alternatives. Thank you very much.

Try posting a brand new thread/post in the appropriate forum(by brand name). Include the make & model of your machine to receive help.

[hinbox]

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The answer depends on who's servicing, even a new machine can have problems. 10 years ago i would say canon without a doubt.No longer!!! Bamboo under the nails. km sorry canon get your sheet together.

[qbert69]

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Personally I'd go with a Kyocera.

Our company has been servicing/selling, selling off-lease Ricoh/Savin machines and "THEY ARE A B*ITCH" on the cost of parts and downtime, not to mention not all the parts are in the kit that "should be".

Ricoh/Savin uses organic photo conductor material whilst Kyocera uses an amorphous silicon which I believe they stated is 98% the hardness of diamond or thereabouts!

Ricoh/Savin dings you on parts and downtime to fix the machine. Example-fuser rebuild.

Kyocera, you buy a fuser for around $250 and slap it in, reset the PM count and you're ready to go.

Time is $.



PS-had a Kyocera travelling tech rep tell me that the most recent "01" series of TaskAlfa machines are rock solid.