On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:25:41 +0000 (UTC), "J.G."
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:11:47 -0700, Ashton Crusher wrote:

Another thing to consider with lasers is startup time.

I print maybe one page every two or three days, on average.

I generally leave the printer on all the time.

However, I 'could' just as well turn it off, for all it has
been used.

But, when I had the HP d135 AIO printer, I remember admonishments
to keep it running all the time - otherwise it wasted ink (I was
told).

And, we all know, HP ink costs more than it's weight in gold.

So, what's the general consensus for leaving printers on
which are only used sporadically a few days of the week?

Does that play a role in our printer selection decision?

Not for me. I always leave it off. Ran out of ink.
So for small stuff like travel directions I pull a piece of paper out
of the printer (unless there's an opened trash mail envelope handy)
then write it down with a pen or pencil.
Like
41 west for 2 miles
left on 93, etc.

For bigger stuff I e-mail it to a an Office depot about a mile away
and go there. Last time they printed about 6 pages of pdf files and
e-mails for about a buck.
But I don't run a business and I have a lot of services close by.
For me it's a lot cheaper not to buy ink.

--
Vic