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The power buttons and power modes

The power buttons

The printer has the following button to control the power supply.

Button

Name

Description

Sleep button

The Sleep button is located at the right-hand side of the control panel. Using the Sleep button puts the printer into sleep mode, wakes the printer up from the sleep mode or starts up the whole system, including the PRISMAsync controller.

When you press the Sleep button

  • when the system is off, the whole system starts up, including the PRISMAsync controller.

  • when the system is ready, the printer is put into sleep mode. The control panel will be turned off, The PRISMAsync controller remains on.

  • when the system is in sleep mode, the printer wakes up from the sleep mode.

The Sleep button allows you to switch between the Ready mode and the Sleep mode.

The Power Modes

You can find the energy saving settings in the Settings Editor under [Preferences] -> [System settings] -> [Energy save modes].

Table 1. The Power Modes

Power mode

Control panel

Description

Off

Off

The printer and the controller are completely off. The printer cannot receive or print any job.

Ready

On

The printer is ready to print jobs.

Low power mode

Off

The low power mode is an energy save mode.

To use the low power mode, the [Low power mode timer] setting in the Settings Editor must be set to [Enabled]. When this setting is disabled, the printer skips the low power mode and goes into the sleep mode after the time set for this mode.

When the printer has been idle for the time defined in the [Low power mode timer] setting, the printer goes into low power mode automatically.

Possible values: 5-30minutes.

Factory default: 20 minutes.

The printer wakes up when a job arrives in the list of [Scheduled jobs] or when you touch the control panel (either the screen or any button).

Sleep mode

Off

Once the printer has been idle for the time defined in the [Sleep mode timer] setting in the Settings Editor, the printer goes into sleep mode automatically. Compared to the low power mode, the printer uses less energy.

Possible values: 31 - 240 minutes.

Factory default: 40 minutes.

The printer wakes up when:

  • You press the Sleep button on the control panel, or

  • A wake-up timer expires, provided that the wake-up timer is set to [Yes] in the Settings Editor, or

  • A job arrives in the list of [Scheduled jobs], provided that the [Automatic wake-up] setting in the Settings Editor is set to [Enabled].

Press the Sleep button on the right-hand side of the control panel to put the printer into the sleep mode manually. The printer goes into the sleep mode after all jobs are finished.