Am Samstag, 8. November 2014 schrieb Felmon Davis:
> On Sat, 8 Nov 2014, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
> yes, of course.
> 
> so the question is: would a print server consume less power?
> 
> I assume either it is not on all the time - perhaps hibernates? -, or 
> one can turn it on and off without damaging it? (I don't want to be 
> switching the NAS on and off alot.)
> 
> F.
> 

If you do no hard disconnect from the power line for both printer and printserver / NAS it's not worth the efford.

Nik

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