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Wednesday, July 05, 2006 |
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Power Down Properly To Prevent Problems
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"Should I turn my printer off when not in use or just leave it on?"
Short answer: turn your printer off after using. Naturally, if you're going to be printing during the day (on and off) you don't need to do this until you are finished for the day.
There are two issues here. One is electricity usage and the other, drying of the print head on the cartridge (for HP/Lexmark type) and on the Epson printers with built-in print heads.
Now days, most printers, inkjet and laser, are Energy Star complaint and use *very* little electricity. Even the older printers use relatively small amounts. So in my opinion, from an electrical usage point, it's not a big factor in my decision to turn our printers off. It is an added savings though. ;)
Turning your printer off when not in use can, and does, help prevent drying of ink in the print nozzles. With most all ink jet printers there is a 'capping' mechanism that seals the print head from outside air when it's turned off.
** Remember, turn off your printer using it's on/off power switch. This causes the capping mechanism to fully engage. Do not use a power strip to turn the printer off.
The newer Canon printers can be configured (via their software utility) so that they go into a type of 'hibernation' mode using either the 'Auto Power' or 'Quiet Mode' found in your printer utility. I like this feature of the Canon printers. We do prefer and run mostly Canon printers in our office. They are very cost effective to 'feed' too!
Some of the newer model Epson printers are supposed to do an automatic 'capping' of the print head after a certain amount of inactivity. I suppose Epson got tired of replacing printers because of clogged print heads. I don't leave that to chance so I manually turn them off. ;o)
source: http://www.maxpatchink.com |
posted by ^%&^
@ 8:26 AM
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