MP C1500 The Mother of all Turkeys?

[Lagonda]

Haven't seen any international rantings about the MP C1500 (pegasus) yet.
Are us colonials downunder the only techs who have had this abomination of a inkjet dumped on them? Its so bad it makes a tired 1224 (uranos) look good!

[nobody-here]

We have plenty of them installed. Works almost fine, they should be located in low production position (not too low). We have some that get 3000-5000 b/w pages and 500/600 full color monthly.

We encountered major failure in only two machines (color bleeding). We had to substitute all the main engine. But Ricoh gave us assistance.

They waste a lot of "gel" for maintenance, but it's almost inside the average of a good Inkjet. Cartridges last about 70% than Ricoh declare.

A3 color machine, with a low starting cost, but High maintenance cost. There are potential clients. :-)

IMHO 1224 where worse.

See ya.

Vincenzo

[cmpelser]

I'm glad I'm not the only one!!!
I've been a Gestetner tech for ten years now and this is one of the worst units I've seen... I've got a feeling it might have something to do with the weather- hot and dry. (South Africa) This I think causes the ink 'gel' to dry too quick.
constantly removing the maint. unit and cleaning the heads manualy!!!

Don't get me started on the 35's and 45's

[Cipher]

Funny enough I enjoy working on these and don't think they are that bad.
It's a change from the norm to work on what is potentially just a oversized inkjet.

I do agree they need to be sold correctly though.
As I can see how some customers would complain about them if they were expecting the speed and sharpness of a laser printer.

[Lagonda]

[quote=Cipher;40469]Funny enough I enjoy working on these and don't think they are that bad.
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Have you thought about councelling?

[Cipher]

Yer but I decided to stick with fixing copiers instead.