Appendix

Energy SavingIntroduction

When your fax machine prints fax messages, it uses heat to fix the image on pa- per. 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 consumes electricity, this machine is provided with an Energy Saver Mode in which the heating roller is heated to full temperature only when a message needs to be printed.

Two available types of Energy Saver Mode are described in the table below.

Energy Saver Mode

Machine status in

How long before

Power consumption

 

Energy Saver Mode

you can print after

in Energy Saver

 

 

exiting Energy

Mode *1

 

 

 

Saver Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax Standby (Heater

The message "Cur-

Within about 35

Type1: 30W

half- cool)

rently the ma-

seconds

Type2: 30W

 

chine is in

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Saver

 

 

 

 

Mode." appears on the

 

 

 

 

display. The machine

 

 

 

 

maintains the heater in

 

 

 

 

the preheated mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Saving Stand-

The message "Cur-

Within about 52

Type1: 2W *2

by (Heater off)

rently the ma-

seconds

Type2: 6W

*3

 

chine is in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Saver

 

 

 

 

Mode." appears on the

 

 

 

 

display. The power of the

 

 

 

 

heater is turned off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*1

When options are not installed.

 

*2

3.5W when the Optional ISDN Unit is installed. 6W when the NIC FAX Unit

10

(Option for Type1) is installed.

 

*3 7.5W when Optional ISDN Unit is installed.

Values vary according to options installed and settings of User Parameters.

In Energy Saving Standby mode, letting the heating roller cool to room temperature will reduce the amount of electricity the fax machine consumes. However, the fax machine will not print incoming messages right away, it will store them in memory and print them out after the roller warms up.

In Fax 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.

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