On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 13:03:02 +0200, Buehler, Martin wrote:

> as it's an old color laser, still taking about 100w in powersave (with
> at least 2 fans running), i want to completely power down the printer
> when not in use.

That being the case, you want to make sure it's had time to "rest" since finishing printing before you chop 
the power - preferably let it go into powersave mode first, because there are a lot of hot components, and 
shutting it down gracefully means that other parts aren't going to be damaged by being left in contact while 
they cool.  Do you notice short bursts of motor-run while it's ready but not printing?  A lot of early lasers 
did this to make sure things weren't in the same place for too long.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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