E3000 Fiery & MPC2500

[Philinghorn]

Hello,
My sales dept' have purchased a 2nd hand MPC2500 with a Fiery E3000.

I have not seen a Fiery before, it take about 10-15 minutes from power on for the fiery to come on line - is this normal ?
I am also getting an SC919 when we try to scan.
So far I'm not too impressed with the fiery, but it's early days.

Thank you

[Shadow1]

Sounds like the Fiery needs to have software reloaded and all the patches installed.

Honestly, I'm not terribly impressed with the Fiery for 99.9999999999999% of users - Most print shops don't use / understand the majority of features available, let alone the average office user. Add to that the rediculously high cost and the stability issues - I tell some of my print shops to stick with the GW controller.

There are also (unconfirmed) rumors of a big fight between Ricoh and EFI that started with the C900. Ricoh bought up a competing RIP - surprised EFI didn't buy it out first - but I expect to see this as an option in the future, or better yet, integrated into the GW controllers eliminating the need for a Fiery for advanced color management.

[Philinghorn]

Thank you,

Returned the fiery back to factory settings & now boots up a lot faster & seems more stable.
Will monitor the machine over the next few days