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“Can anyone come up with a fun and creative name for a Canon copier/printer? It’s my job to name it since the office just got a new one the other day and I’m the new work study employee. All the other ones were named by previous work studies and were good like a leased Canon was Lisa Canon…since they leased a Canon. Thanks!”
Whoa, this was a thread I picked up the other day in my Google alerts for a Yahoo forum. After 32 years in the industry, I now find out that office workers actually give names to their copiers?
I have to admit that the old name for the Canon for Lisa Canon was pretty creative. Of course everyone could use the Lisa for Ricoh, Xerox, Konica Minolta and the rest. So, I thought I would try my hand at thinking up some names for copiers.
Here we go (I took these names that were popular in the Victorian Era):
Hope Xerox (hoping it works all the time)
Lottie Ricoh (we make alotta of copies)
Lulu Kyocera (our copier is a loser)
Benedict Arnold Toshiba (the copier never works right)
Dick Konica Minolta (our copier sucks)
Nimrod Sharp (odd name for an odd copier)
Owen Savin (we owe a lot of money on this copier)
Pleasant Muratec (we like our copier)
Zebulon Xerox (it’s our prized copier)
Newton Ricoh (we just got it)
August Kyocera (the month the new copier was purchased)
Merlin Toshiba (our system is amazing)
Avis Konica Minolta (we’re only leasing this system for a short time)
Beaton Sharp (we beat on this system all the time)
Charity Savin (a hand me down)
Eustace Muratec (our system is useless)
Faithful Xerox (always works well)
Hercules Ricoh (our system is a workhorse)
Marmaduke Kyocera (our system is huge)
Patience Toshiba (it’ll work, just give it time)
Posthumous Konica Minolta (our last copier died unexpectedly)
Temperance Sharp (sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t)
Thurstan Savin (our system is always going through toner so fast)
Wy Toshiba (why did we ever get this system)
I’m done. , my favorites would be Hope, Benedict Arnold, Dick, Owen, Avis, Charity, and Marmaduke. But maybe we can name copiers and printers after rock stars. These copiers and printers keep the wheels turning at the office every day and without them the paper process does start. Think about Bruce, Billy, Mick, Ringo, Frank (I’m aging myself), and another thought might be to name them after songs like “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Stairway to Heaven,” “Under My Thumb,” “Wild Horses.”
So, the next time I sell a copier, I will ask the new owner what name they would like to use for their new copier or printer, and I’m sure I’ll get one of those strange New Jersey looks and be escorted to the door. Hey, if you’ve got any really cool names drop them here in the response section.
Good selling!
