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.