MPC7500 - what to expect?

[mrwho]

First MPC7500 in my area, what can I expect from it? Highs and lows?

Cheers!

[tjvincent]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

You can expect lots of service calls and headaches, it blows toner all over the place especially in the winter, low humidity.
Ricoh is expected to announce it's replacement soon.
We won't sell it anymore.

[anothertech]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Yeah, I'll second that. The machines suck, you'd think Ricoh would have replaced them by now. Pretty much every call in the winter involves removing all four pcu's, taking them apart and vacuuming them out.

They may run good in the warm regions, but if you live in the cold, they make it a long winter.

[turbojetboy]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

You will need, prozac, blood pressure medication, panadeine forte, endless supply of rags, many many filters for your vac, lots of time, lots of parts, lots of patience, lots of toner and a positive outlook - things can only get better.

[mrwho]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Thanks for the insights. I live in the mediterranean area (meaning average winters with medium to high humidity) so I'll keep my fingers crossed. I'll keep you posted of any happenings with it.

Thanks!

[Max]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Expect Hell. If you can, push it downstairs by "accident "

[mikadonovan]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

First MPC7500 in my area

Hopefully the LAST one in your area

[Gamut]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Replace machine filters on a regular basis and dev @ about half life, vac out pcu's every other call.

Still be a pain in the arsenal but managable pain.

[Herostrat]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

My boss is yelling "Sell this machine!!!" to our salesmans...and to me "You better figure it out soon,you'll service it!!!"
Yet for 6 months noone's buying it

[tjvincent]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Your best bet is to sell it to someone who does very little color, it runs much better if you run mostly b/w

[johnyb]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

This works out to be our most costly machine to run!

[logrady2331]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Great machine if you don't run it! I agree with everyone else. Hunk of crap, developer eating, duplex jamming, overtoning piece of ----. We don't sell them either.

[logrady2331]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Forgot to mention I live in Arizona (Phoenix). Doesn't get any drier or warmer then here. Still a hunk of crap.

[skinnyb]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Your best bet is to sell it to someone who does very little color, it runs much better if you run mostly b/w

I concur with this statement. If used primarily for b&w it isn't that bad. They require a lot of ventilation. If the room is too small and the air doesn't turn the toner add clogs up. When it isn't clogged it randomly sprays color toner everywhere. Mostly Cyan and Magenta. All of ours have painted the walls behind them a nice rainbow color. No amount of vacuuming will clean it up unless you do a call every day.

[lganaden]

Re: MPC7500 - what to expect?

Expect the unexpected.................bad design..............scattering toner most of the time..............