GBC Stream Punch jamming

SH^T:


I just sold my first one and am waiting to have it delivered. I was told the die life cycle was 500,000 pages by GBC and 5-8 million from big R. I do not know which one is right.

How did you get to install the unit in November?

Did it work ok at first, what type of volume was being used and what were you told about the die life?

Thanx

Art

I hope they get it fixed before the election in 2004.

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Originally posted by Rick Rivera:
sold a gbc streampunch in November. Removed it in December.

A) "hanging chads" not falling into "bucket", falling into the unit itself jamming the entire system.
B) during our "launch"...'it's really cool and it can go on the 2090&2105'[nice launch, huh?]...no notification that in fact there were life cycles on the individual dies.

Ricoh and GBC are telling us that their will be a fix to the "chad" issue mid to late January.
Has anyone had this problem or had a fix for it?

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Rick:

I posted a few items in reference to the GBS Stream Punch. I do not believe that Ricoh and GBC designed a new "punch mechanisium" for the stream puncher. I believe they took an existing product and manufactured a "skin" for it that would enable it to work with our 2105 and th 2090.

I believe the GBC hardware is the magnapunch. I posted the GBC op manual here GBC magna punch P4P Page

Please keep me updated to your progress with this.

Art

Had streampunch installed on our demo room machine for "2 days" ran about 1,000 punches worked great! Customer is running 2-2105 tandem and each machine runs approximately 350-450,000/month; approx. 10-15% 19 hole punched.

I think they are still finding "chads" on the floor even though we have removed it from the unit.

Still no word from Ricoh nor GBC on "the fix". Hoping for the latter part of the week for a reply.

Side note: does Canon IR105 offer same GBC unit or none at all?

Rick:

At this point in time the canon ir105 does not have the GBC solution. Canon had announced an accessory similar to this ib the fall of 03.

I have not heard of a launch for them. Can any of you dual line dealers add anything from Canon? (Ted?)

Art