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  • RRodgers
    Service Manager

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    • Jun 2009
    • 1947

    #1

    Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

    How many screws does it take to hold a cover on?!?!! 8 I guess. It took 8 screws to hold this cover on, WTF!!!!
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    Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.
  • Hansoon
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    • Sep 2007
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    #2
    Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

    Without knowing that machine, I'm almost sure it must be a KonicaMinolta. Their engineers hate when the covers just fly away with the slightest breeze......

    Hans
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    • paulrid
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      • Nov 2011
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      #3
      Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

      I think KM must own a screw factory.

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      • Eric1968
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        • Jan 2009
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        #4
        Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

        Did you ever remove the two rear covers of the Kyocera Taskalfa 250ci? 15 screws...

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        • KenB
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          • Dec 2007
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          #5
          Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

          I remember the Canon whiteboard, I think the C60, which had something like 100 screws to hold the main panel in place. What a pain!

          All this "screwiness", though, makes me think, "Does your company allow you to use an electric screwdriver?"

          These days, I know we're allowed, but years ago, no.

          Just wonderin'...
          “I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins

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          • Mr Spock
            Vulcan Inventor of Death

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            • Aug 2006
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            #6
            Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

            I would guess either bizhub 950 or c6500 family....
            And Star Trek was just a tv show...yeah right!

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            • blackcat4866
              Master Of The Obvious

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              Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

              Okidata is great for prodigious use of screws. I seem to recall 83 screws to remove the cover for the circuit board cage on the C7300 ... then remove the boards ... then remove 35 more screws for the inner side of the circuit board cage. =^..^=
              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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              • fixthecopier
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                • Apr 2008
                • 4713

                #8
                Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                At least when you remove the screws, the cover comes off, unlike some printers, which seem like a brain teaser puzzle. You have 1 screw to remove, then you get to figure out which cover over laps another, and which magic tab you have to depress.
                The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                • ZOOTECH
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                  #9
                  Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                  Originally posted by fixthecopier
                  At least when you remove the screws, the cover comes off, unlike some printers, which seem like a brain teaser puzzle. You have 1 screw to remove, then you get to figure out which cover over laps another, and which magic tab you have to depress.
                  Yep, those magic tabs often are broken off in frustration.
                  "You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --

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                  • Eric1968
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                    • Jan 2009
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                    #10
                    Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                    Originally posted by blackcat4866
                    Okidata is great for prodigious use of screws. I seem to recall 83 screws to remove the cover for the circuit board cage on the C7300 ... then remove the boards ... then remove 35 more screws for the inner side of the circuit board cage. =^..^=

                    That brings back memories, the C7300... I still feel pain in my wrists when I think about it...

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                    • fixthecopier
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                      #11
                      Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                      Originally posted by ZOOTECH
                      Yep, those magic tabs often are broken off in frustration.

                      That is called a "field modification" by the tech.
                      The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                      • pepper38_cnd
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                        #12
                        Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                        You can thank the FCC (at least the screw manufactures can). They have a crazy very complicated formula for calculating the number of Fasteners / screws that should be placed on an EMI Shielding plate for an electronic device. But the long and short of it is place a screw about every 2 inches if the plate/cover/shield is made of unpainted metal. You don't even want to see what it is if the metal is painted! That's why they stopped using the old black metal covers.
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                        • RRodgers
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                          #13
                          Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                          Originally posted by pepper38_cnd
                          You can thank the FCC (at least the screw manufactures can). They have a crazy very complicated formula for calculating the number of Fasteners / screws that should be placed on an EMI Shielding plate for an electronic device. But the long and short of it is place a screw about every 2 inches if the plate/cover/shield is made of unpainted metal. You don't even want to see what it is if the metal is painted! That's why they stopped using the old black metal covers.
                          I always figured it had something to do with EMI, and that cover does go over some connectors but it's just a pain in the ass to remove all those screws... Can we hit them with a law suit when we get Carpal Tunnel?
                          Color is not 4 times harder... it's 65,000 times harder. They call it "TECH MODE" for a reason. I have manual's and firmware for ya, course... you are going to have to earn it.

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                          • blackcat4866
                            Master Of The Obvious

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                            Re: Are you serious with this CRAP!!!

                            Thanks pepper38. That was an interesting read.
                            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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