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Re: [trinity-users] [OT] advice: print server or NAS?

From: "Dr. Nikolaus Klepp" <office@...>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2014 22:31:48 +0100
Am Samstag, 8. November 2014 schrieb Felmon Davis:
> folks,
> 
> hoping to drink from the font of your wisdom.
> 
> I have a NAS through which I can pipe printing via cups. it works fine 
> but I wonder if it wouldn't save electricity to get a dedicated print 
> server and only use the NAS when I am doing serious backups.
> 
> btw my problem with kpowersave not showing configuration options was 
> solved (sort of) by restarting /usr/sbin/hald. long for a cleaner 
> solution. that's a different topic.
> 
> what about NAS vs print servers?
> 
> F.
> 

Anything that consumes power when you do not use it is a waste of some kind, at least of money.

Nik

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