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sears@tree.egr.uh.edu (Paul S. Sears) writes:
: In article <1992Aug18.115130.945@stc.nato.int> koelman@cuby.stc.nl (Ton  
: Koelman) writes:
: =>In article <1992Aug15.200341.14887@cco.caltech.edu> madler@cco.caltech.edu  
: =>(Mark Adler) writes:
: 
: =>> The big energy hog is the printer.  If you're not turning your
: =>> printer off after use, either automatically or manually (the
: =>> command is /usr/etc/nppower off), then you really are needlessly
: =>> consuming energy.  Not just in keeping the printer hot, but in
: =>> the air-conditioning to counter that heat source.
: =>
: =>Agreed. I think the system should power it up and down 
: =>automatically.
: =>
: 
: This is fixed in release 3.0.  The printer does not come on until you are  
: ready to print except for the occasional random powerup...
: 

You can also write a simple cron script (or I can provide you one
someone posted to the net a few months ago) which checks the printq
every so often (you input this in the cron file) and turns off
the printer is nothing is being printed.  The NeXT best thing is to 
get the little "sleep printer" application off the archives and put it
in your dock.  Just seeing it there serves as a reminder to me to turn
the printer off.

Best -- tom