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  • Bix
    Service Manager

    1,000+ Posts
    • Apr 2018
    • 1421

    Low power consumption slows printers

    Hello,


    In these days some customers complain about the slowness of the printers. I understood that the problem comes from energy saving. In fact, after it goes into energy saving, the printer takes much longer to start the new copy (I guess because it has to prepare the fuser etc.)


    For this reason, I was thinking of putting a default of 15 to 60 minutes for energy savings. This seems to have solved the problem.


    Suggest you something else? Have you received any such calls to you?
  • bsm2
    IT Manager

    25,000+ Posts
    • Feb 2008
    • 27451

    #2
    Re: Low power consumption slows printers

    Depends on the printer , Hp using instant heat hp most other brands use a lamp that's why it's slower.
    Almost all printers come ready in less than 30 seconds
    Last edited by bsm2; 05-21-2018, 03:22 PM.

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    • Bix
      Service Manager

      1,000+ Posts
      • Apr 2018
      • 1421

      #3
      Re: Low power consumption slows printers

      This problem I found more or less in all KM models (for example bizhub 227, 458 etc.) and Lexmark (bizhub 4020 and 4050).

      Sometimes it seems that the printer is frozen.

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      • bsm2
        IT Manager

        25,000+ Posts
        • Feb 2008
        • 27451

        #4
        Re: Low power consumption slows printers

        Originally posted by Bix
        This problem I found more or less in all KM models (for example bizhub 227, 458 etc.) and Lexmark (bizhub 4020 and 4050).

        Sometimes it seems that the printer is frozen.

        Yep using heat lamp but that's the fusers last so long, unlike copiers

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        • Bix
          Service Manager

          1,000+ Posts
          • Apr 2018
          • 1421

          #5
          Re: Low power consumption slows printers

          So I can confirm the theory.


          Thank you very much for helping!

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          • copier tech
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            • Jan 2014
            • 7934

            #6
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            • emujo2
              Service Manager

              1,000+ Posts
              • Mar 2017
              • 1580

              #7
              Re: Low power consumption slows printers

              By default, we extend the low power setting to 240 min, and disable sleep mode, this has resolved more that a few slow printing and 3rd party connected app problems. FYI even with sleep mode disabled, KMs will go to sleep after 72 hours of non use. To my knowledge there is no way around this (except possible by using the weekly timer settings). Emujo

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