Laser printer - leave on or off?

[Xylophone]

I have a new Samsung laser printer, monochrome, and am new to this
technology. Is it better to leave the printer on or to turn it off when it
is no in actual use?

 

[Peter R. Fletcher]

If it has a built-in power-saving mode, as most modern lasers do (i.e.
it "goes to sleep" when it has not been used for a while and then
takes extra time to "wake up" and print the first page on the next
job), there is little to be gained by switching it off, except,
possibly, (additional power saving and fire safety) overnight. If it
doesn't have such a mode, I would switch it off if you are reasonably
sure that you are not going to be doing any printing for a while (>= 1
hour). Just my opinion - there probably isn't a "right" answer to this
question.

I have a new Samsung laser printer, monochrome, and am new to this
technology. Is it better to leave the printer on or to turn it off when it
is no in actual use?

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

 

[Christopher Pollard]

I have a new Samsung laser printer, monochrome, and am new to this
technology. Is it better to leave the printer on or to turn it off when it
is no in actual use?

FWIW, I only turn off my HP 6l at night, when the whole place is turned off.
During the day it's onn all day and sleeps when it's not been used for a while.

It doesn't have a power switch anyway, which suggests this is the correct way to
use it.

--
Chris Pollard


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http://www.cginternet.net

 

[Xylophone]

Thanks, guys

My concerns are the heat output through the vent at the side of the machine,
which is considerable, and when the machine is on is the laser active? I
understand the laser can wear out quickly.

 

[Peter R. Fletcher]

If you continue to get significant heat output from the laser when it
is apparently inactive, the fuser (which is the most power-hungry
component) is probably staying hot, it is continuing to use a fair
amount of power, and it would probably be worthwhile turning it off f
you don't plan to use it for a while. Usually, "sleep mode" powers
down the fuser and only leaves enough electronics on to respond
appropriately to a print attempt - the delay that ensues is largely
spent heating up the fuser..

The "laser" is only on while the printer is printing a page. In any
event, semiconductor lasers are reasonably rugged - that's what is
doing the work in a CD player, where it is on all the time the player
is playing.

Thanks, guys

My concerns are the heat output through the vent at the side of the machine,
which is considerable, and when the machine is on is the laser active? I
understand the laser can wear out quickly.

Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher

 

[Xylophone]

Thanks, Peter, appreciated

If you continue to get significant heat output from the laser when it
is apparently inactive, the fuser (which is the most power-hungry
component) is probably staying hot, it is continuing to use a fair
amount of power, and it would probably be worthwhile turning it off f
you don't plan to use it for a while. Usually, "sleep mode" powers
down the fuser and only leaves enough electronics on to respond
appropriately to a print attempt - the delay that ensues is largely
spent heating up the fuser..

The "laser" is only on while the printer is printing a page. In any
event, semiconductor lasers are reasonably rugged - that's what is
doing the work in a CD player, where it is on all the time the player
is playing.





Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher