To speed processes up and increase productivity, consider linking your company’s copiers to the computer network. Once completed, employees will be able to send documents directly to the copier for printing and have them waiting by the time they walk over to pick them up.
The first copiers for mass consumption were the monks in the monasteries of the Middle Ages. They would sit in their cells with their quill pens and make handwritten copies of texts. Once they completed one, it was on to another. Today's copy machines are considerably faster.
Dust buildup in the feed areas of your copier can cause paper jams and other more serious issues. That's why it’s important to have them cleaned on a regular basis to protect the machine from clogging.
Spots on your final prints could be caused by smudges on the copy mirror. But there are also instances when the problem is caused by a defective drum. Your copier repair and service expert can help fix the issue.
We recommend a regular maintenance and cleaning schedule for your copier. Most problems arise from accumulations of dust and toner on contact surfaces. Even the outside of the copier collects dust, which becomes electro-statically charged and damages components.
Are all your prints and copies blank or do they come out all black? Either way, these issues could be indicators that there’s a serious problem with the machine that needs to be checked by an expert.
If your copy machine is more than five years old, and hasn't been serviced, it's time to have it done. Neglecting this important task can cause the system to breakdown at an inopportune time.
If you have a laser printer, and you notice random ink specks on pages after printing, the problem is with the drum. In most cases, it's just dirty and needs a good cleaning to remove residual toner and erase the drum.
We urge our customers to recycle their used cartridges rather than throwing them in the trash to pile up in landfills. We can make recommendations as to where to take them for recycling.
When your final print contains lines, streaks, and other unusual patterns, a foreign object or substance is likely stuck on the mirrors or glass and can be easily cleaned. Other reasons, like malfunctioning drums or rollers, will require the expertise of a repair technician.
Few things are more annoying than going to use the copier and realizing that a previous user had created a jam and walked away. We can help your staff avoid this by showing everyone how to troubleshoot basic problems when they occur.
Think copying and printing is just limited to paper products? Did you know that the Pringles corporation used food coloring in inkjet printers to encode trivia questions on their potato chips? The questions were on one side and the answers on the chip’s flip side.
A photocopy machine works by placing a static electricity charge on the drum to match the black spots on the original, and toner is attracted to this charge as the item is processed. Color copiers function in the same general way.
If securing information is an issue in your company, and you are replacing an old copier, make sure to clear all data from the memory of the old machine to make sure it doesn't accidentally leave the premises.
Digital cameras and printer-copiers need to be able to communicate if you want to print pictures to paper, either for personal enjoyment or as part of your business. There is specific software built into modern photographic equipment that permits this without having to have a computer handy.
Replacing toner cartridges on copiers is an easy open and pull operation. The instructions are printer inside the cover or in the owner’s manual. If you cannot find them, please call us for help.
Toner used in a copier is not an ink but rather a negatively-charged fine plastic-based powder. In the early days, toner was made with carbon, which has been replaced by several polymers to improve copy quality.
If you notice spots on the page in the same place every time, it is likely an issue of debris or smudges on the copy mirror or glass. This problem can simply be fixed by properly cleaning off the glass and mirrors.
The Haloid Corporation sent 7 color copiers to Disney in the late 50’s. These machines were used in the production of 101 Dalmatians. Haloid was changed to Xerox, in honor of their best-selling product.
Don’t eat or drink around the copier. If a spill happens in your copier machine, immediately power off the machine and wipe it up with a clean cloth or sponge. Then place a service request.
Do you know that modern photocopiers have a built-in feature that can identify the embedded pattern in currency and will automatically mark all the copies as counterfeit?
There are multiple reasons that can cause lines on paper. Some potential sources include foreign substances on the glass or mirrors, an issue with fusers, drum or developer unit malfunction or drum-blade malfunction, resulting in large lines vertically down the page.
