[mod.computers.laser-printers] how fragile is the Ricoh engine

reid@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (08/05/86)

Our lab just got a DEC LN03 laser printer. I installed it today. It
looks very fragile and subject to damage by misguided users. I don't
know anybody else who has one. If you have one I'd like to hear from
you about whether it is fragile, and about what sort of things users
have done in breaking it. Do they put their thumbs on the
photoreceptor? Do they dump toner into the wrong hole? Do they break or
bend the copper discharge fingers?

Brian Reid

Jorgen_Pihl@QZCOM.MAILNET (08/08/86)

Well, I don't think it is fragile. I have used my LN03 at varios
places during field experiments. Even down a mine, in fact .
I find it easier to use, and more reliable, than a photocopier.