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  • mrwho
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    [Misc] Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

    Good afternoon all.

    Anyone knows of any way of enabling the bridge unit on a MP4002 (or similar) without having a finisher installed?

    Our customer wants his own equipment to grab the paper at the exit of the machine to do its thing.

    Thank you!
    ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
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    Tags: bridge, equipment, finisher, installed, unit
    • mikadonovan
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      • May 2008
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      Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

      I don't think so. Just direct all output to the finisher tray without the tray physically in place, maybe he can grab it from there.
      NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING

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        • slimslob
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          • May 2013
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          Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

          Originally posted by mrwho
          Good afternoon all.

          Anyone knows of any way of enabling the bridge unit on a MP4002 (or similar) without having a finisher installed?

          Our customer wants his own equipment to grab the paper at the exit of the machine to do its thing.

          Thank you!
          What odes he have, an old Gradco 10 or 20 bin sorter? I haven't seen one of those since the days of the Royal RBC I.

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            • anothertech
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              • Nov 2007
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              Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

              Originally posted by slimslob
              What odes he have, an old Gradco 10 or 20 bin sorter? I haven't seen one of those since the days of the Royal RBC I.
              I used to have a lot of Royal 115 and 122's out, good machine, we had them out in the field for a very long time.

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                • slimslob
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                  Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

                  Originally posted by anothertech
                  I used to have a lot of Royal 115 and 122's out, good machine, we had them out in the field for a very long time.
                  RBC I was their first plain paper copier, way before digital. 250 sheet paper tray, paper masters, waffle iron radiant fusing, lead block fuse over heat protection, maximum of 10 copies per press of the print button. I think it was only 10 copies per minute but might have been slower.

                  A number of dealers and other companies came out with add on options. I designed a 1000 sheet second tray option and later a coin-op attachment. A dealer in Fresno developed an end mounted rolled paper feeder. GradCo and a couple of others came out with sorters that had snorkels that caught the paper as it came out of the copier.

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                    • mrwho
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                      Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

                      Originally posted by slimslob
                      What odes he have, an old Gradco 10 or 20 bin sorter? I haven't seen one of those since the days of the Royal RBC I.
                      I truly have no idea - the question was presented to me by a colleague. I don't even know if this is a current setup or a possible future one...

                      Thanks for the input, though. I'll let you know if anything comes out of this.
                      ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
                      Mascan42

                      'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
                      Ibid

                      I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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                        • rthonpm
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                          • Aug 2007
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                          Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

                          Originally posted by mrwho
                          Good afternoon all.

                          Anyone knows of any way of enabling the bridge unit on a MP4002 (or similar) without having a finisher installed?

                          Our customer wants his own equipment to grab the paper at the exit of the machine to do its thing.

                          Thank you!
                          Unless you have a way of getting it to talk to the machine through the finisher connection, no. The bridge unit is a passive device: it passes output from the machine to the finisher.

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                            • Gift
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                              Re: Possible to enable bridge unit without finisher installed?

                              Interesting question but I'm afraid you'll need another machine with larger body for this that comes with a left exit by default like IM7000. Of course it wouldn't hurt to contact the product support but since the bridge unit has no exit sensor I doubt this will be possible - I guess the only way
                              to archieve this is you going berserk on the heavy McGyver modding path..

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