Re: Epson 1650

[Arthur Entlich <artistic@ampsc.com>]

Jim Green 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???


Can you explain further as to what type of printer requires to be left 
on, and why?  My printers (Epson inkjet (numerous) and several laser 
printers all can be turned on and off at will or need.  The Epsons only 
require that the be kept plugged in to a live AC source because they use 
a trickle amount to maintain some memory for head calibration purposes.

I turn off all my equipment each day when I'm finished, and only the 
Epsons receive any charge.  Everything else (a flatbed and one or more 
film scanners) and all other peripherals are cut off the juice 
completely (via a power bar).

The flatbed scanner lighting goes on at bootup, and is stabilized within 
a few minutes.  The film scanners go through  there own warm up process 
when I turn them on.

Art


> 
> 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
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