Any need to switch off a laser printer?

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Lars

Hi group,

I just ditched my bubble jet and bought my first laser printer,
a Brother 5140. A bit bulky but works nice.

Is there any need to switch these things off?

I use it at home only, print a few pages a few times a week but
occasionally several days go without my printing anything at
all.

It sits high up on a shelf and the switch button is on the far
side of things, so I would need to walk around my angular desk
to reach the button.

The bubble jet I always switched off but there was some kind of
heating up the print things or whatever, that you didn´t really
want to happen more than nessecary.


Lars, Stockholm
 
Is there any need to switch these things off?
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What's the standby power consumption?
It sits high up on a shelf and the switch button is on the far
side of things, so I would need to walk around my angular desk
to reach the button.
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There's many choices for a remote control (external switch, remote plug
control, master-slave, ...)

There's no real need to switch it off - but there are lots of good
reasons to do so:

- power
- noise
- electrical radiation
- temperature
- ...

Regards
Martin
 
Martin Trautmann said:
What's the standby power consumption?


There's many choices for a remote control (external switch, remote plug
control, master-slave, ...)

There's no real need to switch it off - but there are lots of good
reasons to do so:

- power
- noise
- electrical radiation
- temperature
- ...

Regards
Martin
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many laser printers go into sleep mode. no need to turn the power off. my
multifunction brother doesn't even have on/off switch.
 
many laser printers go into sleep mode. no need to turn the power off. my
multifunction brother doesn't even have on/off switch.
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so let's make a nuclear power discussion out of it:

how much is the standby power consumption?


There are lots of devices which suck power, although they should be
'off'. Sometimes the devices are well designed and have rather low loss
(e.g. < 2 W). Many use more than 10 W. Now summarize all standby devices
in your household and multiply this by the household number in your
country (the real average is better estimated by other sources, since
probably your consumption is above average). You might turn off several
nuclear power plants (which are suited very well for the 'base' supply)
if standby consumption would be zero.


SCNR,
Martin
 
so let's make a nuclear power discussion out of it:
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Why? Because that is your favourite subject?

I was more trying to find out if anything in the printer might
deteriorate faster if I neglect to switch it off.
how much is the standby power consumption?
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Well now I had to read the fine print in the pdf manual
supplied on a cd. It seems that the machine goes to sleep after
5 minutes of non use, and in its dormant state it consumes 5 W.
That is obvioulsy more than zero, but not by much.

I often have some 4 computers running simultaneously, plus the
TV and a dozen lamps. So do many of my neighbors. Most of this
is hardly essential. We travel for pleasure, have ice cream in
the fridge, drink cold drinks and hot tea, eat imported bananas
in the winter and constantly either heat or refrigerate the air
around us. Could we stop all that? I suppose. Do we want to?
Not really.
There are lots of devices which suck power, although they should be
'off'. Sometimes the devices are well designed and have rather low loss
(e.g. < 2 W). Many use more than 10 W. Now summarize all standby devices
in your household and multiply this by the household number in your
country (the real average is better estimated by other sources, since
probably your consumption is above average). You might turn off several
nuclear power plants (which are suited very well for the 'base' supply)
if standby consumption would be zero.


SCNR,
Martin
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Lars, Stockholm
 
Why? Because that is your favourite subject?

I was more trying to find out if anything in the printer might
deteriorate faster if I neglect to switch it off.


Well now I had to read the fine print in the pdf manual
supplied on a cd. It seems that the machine goes to sleep after
5 minutes of non use, and in its dormant state it consumes 5 W.
That is obvioulsy more than zero, but not by much.

I often have some 4 computers running simultaneously, plus the
TV and a dozen lamps. So do many of my neighbors. Most of this
is hardly essential. We travel for pleasure, have ice cream in
the fridge, drink cold drinks and hot tea, eat imported bananas
in the winter and constantly either heat or refrigerate the air
around us. Could we stop all that? I suppose. Do we want to?
Not really.



Lars, Stockholm
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"Could we stop all that?"

There's a big difference between stopping all of it and stopping some
of it. If a lot of people did a just little bit...
 
Well now I had to read the fine print in the pdf manual
supplied on a cd. It seems that the machine goes to sleep after
5 minutes of non use, and in its dormant state it consumes 5 W.
That is obvioulsy more than zero, but not by much.

I often have some 4 computers running simultaneously, plus the
TV and a dozen lamps. So do many of my neighbors. Most of this
is hardly essential. We travel for pleasure, have ice cream in
the fridge, drink cold drinks and hot tea, eat imported bananas
in the winter and constantly either heat or refrigerate the air
around us. Could we stop all that? I suppose. Do we want to?
Not really.
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Hi Lars,

to me it's certain sign of intelligence that I do NOT whatever I can do
or whatever is the easiest way to get something done, but to think about
the most efficient solution.

Examples:

- travelling for pleasure is not only nice, but helps to improve your
horizon. However, is it reasonable to do a once-around-the-world trip
for a three days rest in Java, while doing a cycling trip through
Poland may improve both health and your view of the next neighbours
;-)

- ice cream in the fridge: no real alternative - as long as this may be
limited to a reasonable amount instead of a fridge of its own for
20 different flavors, 5 liters each

- cold drinks, hot tea: no alternative to me

- imported bananas: no alternative. Unfortunately, south african
bananas and even apples are much cheaper than local apples even
in the local high season

- constantly either heat or refrigerate the air: or is rather
reasonable. However, I know too mayn people which do both
at the same time: heat in winter and leave the window open, since
it's too hot. Cool in summer and leave the window open since the
air is too sticky.

Could we stop this abuse? Yes, by thinking, by proper usage of resources
(I hated it that I had to take a jumper to university in summer, since
the lecture halls were freezing cold, while in winter a T-shirt alone
was fine). But I can make a proper decision on what I buy not only by
e.g. optics, but as well by comparing the standby power consumption of
two alternatives.

How about Stockholm - do you have the same power consumption classes on
household devices (such as a fridge, standard class C, best class A) as
we have in Germany? I guess it's a European standard classification!?

Regards
Martin
 
I often have some 4 computers running simultaneously, plus the
TV and a dozen lamps. So do many of my neighbors. Most of this
is hardly essential. We travel for pleasure, have ice cream in
the fridge, drink cold drinks and hot tea, eat imported bananas
in the winter and constantly either heat or refrigerate the air
around us. Could we stop all that? I suppose. Do we want to?
Not really.
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Hope you have some good ideas for when the gas runs out !


Cheers, J/.
 
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