On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:45 PM, James Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently we are looking at Savin and Konica Minolta as well.
We've got a couple of Konica machines, a 7155 and a 7130, we've had for several years. Their mechanical components are very solid -- we've rarely had anything wrong there. Print quality seems good, and usually stays that way. We've got them on maintenance contracts, so they're PM'ed periodically, which helps. We've had intermittent lockup problems with the 7130, but that may have been due to power quality. Since I put it on a voltage regular it seems better behaved. I will say that they are not designed with "ease of service" in mind. Many maintenance operations require the techs to disassemble other pieces to access the part they want, and most everything is held together with large numbers of tiny screws. If I was servicing them myself I'd hate 'em. See above about service contract. I'd also give them poorer marks in usability. The front panel UI is rather clunky and can be hard to use. Engrish is common. The manual is sketchy. Unfortunately, this seems to be the norm when it comes to copiers. So maybe that makes them typical. ~shrug~ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
