[ale] OT: power saving devices

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 19:34 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> > Doesn't your laser printer have a power save mode?  I would think that 
> > you're not going to do much better.
> 
> I suppose it might have some (HP2100TN), but I suspect if will have more 
> if it is off.  I use it about twice a week.  Getting up to go into 
> another room to turn it on is not a problem, remembering to go back in 
> and turn if off is. ;-)  I usually only send things to this printer that 
> I need to retain (online receipts, etc), so I don't necessarily run to 
> the printer after printing something just to pick up the copy.


This really sounds like a job for an X10 gizmo. Laser printers don't
have shutdown issues like inkjets so pulling the plug 10 minutes after a
print job is not a problem. 
> 
> Thx,
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> 
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