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  • Exok
    Senior Tech

    500+ Posts
    • Jun 2011
    • 750

    #1

    Memory lane

    Any of you old timers remember working on Savin liquid toner copiers?

    My introduction to the copier world started with the Savin 5030/5040 line back in 1990. A few months later I was trained on the Savin V35. All I worked on for my first year was liquid toner copiers. I do not miss them one bit. Lets hear some stories.

    So I arrived at the local county college the the customer tells me, "You have to fix this! The machine keeps asking for supplies. We've put in 4 bottles of dispersant and 5 bottles of toner just this morning." I roll the machine away from the wall... AAAaaaaa 5 inches of sludge on the floor and the wall.

    I just finished doing a PM on a Savin 7350 liquid toner copier. I add the dispersant. Hm, no toner. I ask the customer for a new bottle of toner. They hand me one that is missing the plastic cap. No problem, I see the foil seal is still in place. Oh, better shake this toner up before i put the bird feeder cap on it. No telling how long its been sitting around. Shake , Shake, Shake. Hm, why do I feel something splashing on me? (looks at the cloth covered cubical divider behind me) Oh @%&*! The seal was broken! (looks in the mirror and has a flashback to Seven King's Carrie) After adding the toner to the machine and making sure it worked ok, I had an embarrassing talk with the customer followed by a trip home to wash up and change my clothes. A few weeks go by and I'm in the office. My manager points to a large cloth board hanging on the wall with memos pinned to it. He removed some of the memos and asks me If I recognize the new memo board that our company had to buy from my customer.
  • blackcat4866
    Master Of The Obvious

    Site Contributor
    10,000+ Posts
    • Jul 2007
    • 22932

    #2
    Re: Memory lane

    Our dealership had just dropped Savin when I was just starting in 1989.

    One hot summer afternoon an older lady walked in, and asked if we could fix her copier. We walk out to her white Cadillac, and she releases the trunk. Inside is a Savin 7xxx. I explain that we no longer service this brand, and don't mention that it's leaking all over the white carpeting in her trunk. =^..^=
    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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    • Ianizer
      Trusted Tech

      250+ Posts
      • Jul 2011
      • 380

      #3
      Re: Memory lane

      Thanks for the flashback...

      One of my early jobs was gopher boy and tank room rat.

      Couldn't pay me to work on a liquid machine now.

      -I
      My name Peggy.
      You got problem?

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