So, has nobody out there got a Lexmark Z65 printer?

[Dr Robin Bignall]

This is a printer designed to be part of a LAN, so it has an Ethernet
connection, but it also has a USB port. Mine is just for me, so I use USB
-- didn't see the point of buying another NIC! Printer works perfectly, but
it turns itself off if the system is rebooted, hibernated or, of course,
shut down. Is this one of those 'feeetures'?

(I have the crazy idea that in a LAN, it powers itself down each time
somebody shuts down. Nah, can't be!)

It only needs a touch of the switch to power it up again, but my curiosity
being what it is....

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wrmst rgrds
Robin Bignall

Remote Hertfordshire
England

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[Jason Tsang]

Presumably, you'd plug the printer into your network so that it is available
regardless of the state of any of your computers (this way, all computers
can access the printer without being dependent on one host computer being
turned on).

I would guess that when you sleep, hibernate, power off your computer etc,
your printer turns itself off because it can't be accessed by anyone else
(it'd probably turn itself back on when the computer is turned on, or when a
print request is made). That's the norm for most single computer based
printers now (if they have this feature).

When connected to a network, the printer would probably remain accessible
all the time (it may go into a sleep mode to conserve energy, but it'd still
be accessible).

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"Dr Robin Bignall" > wrote in message
...
> This is a printer designed to be part of a LAN, so it has an Ethernet
> connection, but it also has a USB port. Mine is just for me, so I use USB
> -- didn't see the point of buying another NIC! Printer works perfectly,
but
> it turns itself off if the system is rebooted, hibernated or, of course,
> shut down. Is this one of those 'feeetures'?
>
> (I have the crazy idea that in a LAN, it powers itself down each time
> somebody shuts down. Nah, can't be!)
>
> It only needs a touch of the switch to power it up again, but my curiosity
> being what it is....
>
> --
>
> wrmst rgrds
> Robin Bignall
>
> Remote Hertfordshire
> England
>
> http://homepage.ntlworld.com/docrobin/homepage.htm