Energy Saving; Introduction - Ricoh FAX2900L Operator's Manual

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Energy Saving

Introduction

When your fax machine prints fax messages, it uses heat to fix the image to the
paper. This heat is generated using a heating roller which must be hot enough to
fuse toner to the paper properly. Because keeping the roller hot all the time con-
sumes electricity, this machine is provided with an Energy Saving mode in
which the heating roller is heated to full temperature only when a message
needs to be printed.
The two available types of Energy Saving mode shown in the table below.
Energy Saving
mode
5
Fax Standby (Heat-
er on)
Energy Saving
Standby (Heater
off)
In Fax Standby mode, letting the heating roller cool to room temperature will re-
duce the amount of electricity the fax machine consumes. However, the fax ma-
chine will not print incoming messages right away, it will store them in memory
and print them out after the roller warms up.
In Energy Saving Standby mode, letting the heating roller cool halfway reduces
the amount of electricity the fax machine consumes, but not as much as letting it
cool to room temperature. On the other hand, since warming up takes only a
short time, incoming fax messages can be printed right away.
When the machine is shipped, Energy Saving Standby is selected on by default.
Note
When the machine is in Energy Saving mode, the display goes blank.
You can still send fax messages while the machine is in Energy Saving mode.
For related power saving information, see Power Saver P.97 "Saving Energy
with the Power Saving Timer"
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Machine status in En- How long before
ergy Saving mode you can print af-
ter exiting Energy
Saving mode
Display turns off. The Within about 30s
machine maintains the
heating roller temper-
ature at half the full
temperature; warm up
takes less time.
Display turns off. The Within about 40s
machine lets the heat-
ing roller cool to room
temperature; warm-up
takes longer.
Power consump-
tion in Energy Sav-
ing Mode
30W
2W