I need to lean on some of the old timers here, would like to generate a list of the best copiers of the Eighties and maybe a little snippet about each. Would love to have at least ten of these to post up in a blog. HELP!
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I cut my teeth on the 3M 545 which of course was made by Toshiba. I also had the 3M VQC III with roll fed treated paper.
The toughest competition that I can remember were the Canon NP 120 which was a cold pressure fusing machine and the NP 200 which I believe was 11x17 capable. Later came the NP 270F which was real tough to beat with its low cost and intercahngeable color toners. There was also the IBM III model 50 or 60 and the Kodak Ektaprint 85.
Xerox had the 4000 which was the first duplexing unit if I remember right.
Later in the eighties:
Ricoh had there FT 3060, FT4065, FT 6085
Minolta EP270, EP 350Z, EP 450Z with no void area.
Mita had the DC-213RE
Panasonic had the FP-1520, the FP 2625, and the FP-3030 with knock-out solids.
Canon had the interchangeable color toner machines like the NP-155, and the dual color models like the NP 3025 and the NP 4540. The higher end was the NP 7050 and NP 7550. Image Overlay allowed for dual colors on the same page. Of course the Canon PC 20 Personal Copier took the industry by storm.
Konica Royal had the 1802ZMR, 2803ZMR and the 4003ZMR
Savin still had the liquid toner 7050W.
Xerox had the 1025RE, the 1045, 1075, 1090
I don't know if this qualifies as the "BEST" copier of the 80s, but it was the first one I was ever trained on. And it came with a pair of wooden tongs so IF (or should I say when) the paper would jam under the toaster we called a fixing unit and it would catch fire, you could "safely" remove it and put it in the solid empty metal waste basket that you had to keep next to it, so that the paper could "safely" burn out. OSHA must not have existed, for they surely would not allow such a device to exist in skyscrapers all over NYC.
Vince McHugh
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