Re: Epson 1650

[Richard Funnell <rfunnell@pobox.com>]

I think the absence of a power switch makes the manufacturer's intentions 
clear.  If you pull the plug every night to turn it off, you'll likely 
accelerate the wear on that component.  It has a sleep mode during which I 
would guess its power consumption to be extremely low.  I leave mine on 24 
x 7, but then I've only had it a few days.

Richard


At 01:53 PM 11/17/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>At 03:09 17 11 2001 , you wrote:
>>I can't answer for the Epson 1650 specifically, but I don't see how it 
>>would be any different from any other scanner for which my generic answer 
>>would be:
>>
>>o I personally have never had a problem that I could attribute to leaving 
>>scanners (or computers or printers or hard drives, etc.) on for weeks at 
>>a time.
>
>I thank Bill and Bayard for their helpful replies. I think that maybe my 
>question was not well formed. I wasn't asking if it would be _ok_ to leave 
>the scanner on constantly, but _should_ the scanner be left on -- as a 
>printer should be. Is there any grief to a scanner if it is turned off 
>nightly???
>
>I guess the only advantage is that leaving it on would ensure the it was 
>warmed up optimally.  The only disadvantage is the waste of electrical 
>power and thereby some harm to the environment.  But in my little town the 
>power is generated locally from a mountain stream that feeds the power 
>station and waters the town -- and my garden in the summer.
>
>Other comments???
>
>TX
>
>Jim Green
>mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
>http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen
>
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