Thursday, July 31, 2014

How to find Ricoh MPC4000 network settings

This article will explain how to find the Ricoh MPC4000 network settings.  This menu is very easy to find once you know how.  At first it seems a bit hard to locate as the menus are not really clear.

This is a front view of the Ricoh MPC4000.

On the panel on the front you will want to press the button on the top left side that says User Tools / Counter.


Next click the System Settings button.  This will bring up the System Setting menu for the Ricoh MPC4000.

Under the System Setting menu you will press the Interface Setting tab.  Once this is open you will be able to see the IP address of the Ricoh MPC4000, the gateway address, the domain name and many other features.


There are many reasons you might need to get access to these settings.  If you are trying to troubleshoot a Ricoh MPC4000 you may need to know the current IP Address or other network settings.  You may also need to adjust some of the settings if you lose power, change equipment or move the printer to another location.




Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Is Teckler a scam?

Teckler is a scam.  I began writing for Teckler about 5 months ago.  I figured the website didn’t really look promising but I was prepared to give it a shot.  I posted a dozen or so photographs and waited to see the results.

How Does Teckler Work

Teckler is a content submission site that basically allows you submit any content you want within reason.  Each submitted content piece is called a teck.  A teck can range from a single photograph, an article or a link.  There is no minimum required length of your article and no approval needed.
After a couple of days, your views are calculated and your earnings are determined.  There is no rhyme or reason for how much you earn.  From my experience it isn’t very much.  After submitting about 50 photographs I had earned less than 10 cents in an entire month.  I decided I wouldn’t waste my time.  A few months later I got an email from teckler.  This reminded me that my account was still open.  I logged in to find that my earnings had picked up and I was now at 1.45.  This still wasn’t close to what I wanted but I figured it was a decent amount for how little work I had done.  I cashed out and received my money about 3 days later. 
I uploaded another 30 or so photographs and began posting links.  I started to see my earnings rise.  I even made 30 cents one day.  I got hopeful that with enough content I would start making decent amounts.  A week or two later my earnings basically stopped.  I was getting 1/10th the views I was getting before and my earnings were fractions of a penny each day.  I waited 2 months for my earnings to completely stall at 2.70.  I requested my money. 
After 2 weeks I still had not received it.  I then sent an email to support asking where my money is.  I got no response.  I tried to post a new teck asking if anyone else was having problems with receiving money.  The problem is, the button to create a new teck is gone.  It is nowhere to be found.  I waited another 2 weeks and emailed again asking where my money is.  Again I got no answer.  I emailed one more time about 3 weeks later and got no response.
I decided to cut my losses and not allow Teckler to continue earnings revenue from my post.  I found a button to remove my profile.  When I click it, it says there is an error and it is unable to remove my profile.  I really feel they have purposely designed this system so that you can’t remove your content.  Teckler is a scam website, there is no doubt in my mind.  There is no excuse for a business not to respond to emails and especially to not pay someone for their work.