Leave my laser printer on or off?

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I have just bought a Panasonic KX-P7100 and I am wondering whether to leave
it switched on 24/7 or turn it off at night. Any pros or cons with either?

Thanks

Ted
 
Ted said:
I have just bought a Panasonic KX-P7100 and I am wondering whether to
leave it switched on 24/7 or turn it off at night. Any pros or cons
with either?

Thanks

Ted
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Most modern printers go into suspension/sleep/standby/whatever mode
after an idle period and awaken when send a print job.

Q
 
Ted Rogers typed:
I have just bought a Panasonic KX-P7100 and I am wondering whether to
leave it switched on 24/7 or turn it off at night. Any pros or cons
with either?

Thanks

Ted
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It will go into sleep mode after a while (10-15 min). So, it's not a big
deal to leave it on. It will consume some 10-20Watts, though. In 10 days
it's 100-200 W, in 3 months 1-2 kW...Also if any electric shocks or storms
come... it may blow into mouse hole...
It's not a big deal to press a button twice a day also.
 
I have just bought a Panasonic KX-P7100 and I am wondering whether to leave
it switched on 24/7 or turn it off at night. Any pros or cons with either?

Thanks

Ted
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I've lost equipment to power surges from lightning storms. Because of
this I have one main "off" switch that also prevents leaving anything
else on or the computer somehow waking up.

The con to turning it off is that the image drum will have to recycle
every time you turn it on, which causes you to lose the equivalent of
one print job from the image drum life each time you turn it on.

You could just power it down whem you have a lightning storm.
 
SleeperMan said:
It will go into sleep mode after a while (10-15 min). So, it's not a big
deal to leave it on. It will consume some 10-20Watts, though. In 10 days
it's 100-200 W, in 3 months 1-2 kW...
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Any appliance like a TV or radio which you can turn on with a remote has
to be "on" enough to look for the remote signal all the time so is
likely using as much energy as a sleeping printer.. at least if it has
an energy star rating. I've seen older models that put out a noticeable
amount of heat when idle.. maybe the fuser is hot all the time?
 
SleeperMan said:
Ted Rogers typed:


It will go into sleep mode after a while (10-15 min). So, it's not a big
deal to leave it on. It will consume some 10-20Watts, though. In 10 days
it's 100-200 W, in 3 months 1-2 kW...
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You're confusing power with energy.
Power is measured in Watts. You pay for energy, usually metered in
kilowatt hours. Where I live the rate is about 10 cents per kWhr. So a
10 Watt device will consume 24x10/1000 kW hrs per day = 0.24 kWhr,
about 2.4 cents per day, 72 cents/month.
Also if any electric shocks or storms
come... it may blow into mouse hole...
It's not a big deal to press a button twice a day also.
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Another factor is your local weather. If it's extremely cold the heat
cycling won't do it any good. If it's very humid, leaving it on
reduces condensation, mould, etc.
 
dp typed:
Any appliance like a TV or radio which you can turn on with a remote
has to be "on" enough to look for the remote signal all the time so is
likely using as much energy as a sleeping printer.. at least if it has
an energy star rating. I've seen older models that put out a
noticeable amount of heat when idle.. maybe the fuser is hot all the
time?
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True, but i've read once on the net about a research (i think it was about
USA) that if we calculate all power consumption from such low eating sources
it turned out such great amount that 2 or 3 nuclear power plants could be
shut down in USA if all that sources were shut down during non-use. Remember
that 100 times a little is not a little any more...
If fuser would be hot all the time then printer would be blown in a few
months, if we don't even count power it would eat...
 
Al typed:
I've lost equipment to power surges from lightning storms. Because of
this I have one main "off" switch that also prevents leaving anything
else on or the computer somehow waking up.

The con to turning it off is that the image drum will have to recycle
every time you turn it on, which causes you to lose the equivalent of
one print job from the image drum life each time you turn it on.

You could just power it down whem you have a lightning storm.
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If a man could always know when lightning will strike (or be at home at
least), most of dead devices would be avoided...
 
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