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Power consumption on an HP9530 printer
We have an HP 9530 set to a fairly agressive sleep-time policy of sleep after 15 minutes of idleness. How much power is used in the warming up cycle versus the normal stand-by mode of the printer?If the printer has to go through the warm-up cycle, say, 20 times in a day, is that less efficient than having the printer in normal stand-by-without-sleep-mode all day?
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Sept. 15, 2009
Yes, that's a pretty good way to do it. I'll have a hunt for manufacturers who do an Australian plug 240v model.
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Sept. 16, 2009
@Steve's got the answer.
Copier/printer manufacturers: make devices energy/usage pattern adapting, and skip the fancy confusing display!
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Pick-up something like the P3 Kill A Watt EZ (aka P4460). It keeps track of energy usage, and can estimate the monthly cost to operate it. To see how much money/energy you're saving have the printer plugged-in to the device. Use the device without any energy saving features for at least a day - I would do a few days to have a better estimate. Record the results, reset the Kill A Watt and run the test again for the same duration, but this time with the energy saving features turned on. Once you've reached the end of the test period compare your results, and you'll have your answer.
Here is a link to the manufacturers page - http://www.p3international.com/products/p4460.html .
NewEgg has it on sale with free shipping for $34.95 (at the time of this writing). It is also available from ThinkGeek and Amazon among other places.