Copier purchase

[superhawkman]

We are looking at a replacment for our Canon IR 7086 copier. The finalists are the Sharp MX1100 and the Oce' 4110/4120. We complete 400,000 copies per month 8.5x11 8.5x14 usually duplex. The Oce' seems like a much better machine from a user standpoint as well it seems better built. Any feedback would be helpful!

Thanks in advance !

[Craig]

Check into the Konica Minolta 1200. We just replaced a Ricoh MP9000 which is similar to the Sharp MX1100 with a 1200. The two machines are night and day. We had 15MM in that Ricoh and it was totally SHOT!

[Gconley]

Disclaimer: I work as a sales rep for Oce.

With respect to buying a production b/w unit, it often surprises me that more users don't ask about the engine's life expectancy, and get that in writing. There are a lot of great units out there that can't hold up long term to the consistent needs. As an example, the a popular 105ppm light production unit was a great engine that was marketed with a recommended duty cycle of 500,000 to 1,000,000 per month; yet the service recommendation on this system was that it was expected to last to 15 million impressions total. If you do the math, these numbers don't all work together.

Figure out what life expectancy you need from the engine, and get that in writing from the service department. That way, you won't just have two or three years of happy usage, you'll meet your expectations.

good luck! and yes, the Oce engine is outstanding... but do your homework, don't take my word for it.

[UnlimitedBT]

Hi. As previously mentioned Sharp 1100 is a Ricoh built, if you decide to go for it, might as well get it from ricoh for a simple reason that it's service codes are still ricoh and sharp would have to send you a specially trained tech as regular guys would not be comfortable around different service mode structure. Some Oce machines are capable of imaging both sides of paper in one pass which is a great advantage - less heat stress on paper and it will not slow down in duplex so it might be a better choice. Keep in mind- normally machines slow-down more than twice while duplexing so OCE may be a better fit if you print a lot of 2 sided documents.

[TOprint]

Just for clarity, to the best of my knowledge, the Toshiba high volume BW machines are re-badged Ricoh's. Sharp manufacturer's their own units. Have a look at the units, the Toshiba and Ricoh look identical and the Sharp is completely different.

[msaeger]

Toshiba is a rebadged Ricoh the Sharp is something else.