| 摘要 |
A system and method for determining and displaying energy saving information associated with a printing device, including a processor and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium operably connected to the processor. The computer-readable non-transitory storage medium contains a set of instructions that, when executed, instruct the processor to determine a first energy usage by the printing device in a normal operating mode, determine at least one second energy usage for the printing device in at least one energy saving mode, compare the first energy usage and the at least one second energy usage, determine at least one energy savings based upon the comparison, and cause the at least one energy savings to be displayed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for determining and displaying energy saving information associated with a printing device, the system comprising:
a processor; a first printing device operably connected to the processor and configured to receive a print job and process a document contained within the print job in at least one of a plurality of energy saving modes, wherein: the first printing device comprises a power supply configured to measure consumed power, and the plurality of energy saying modes comprise a low speed operating mode, a batch printing mode, and an economy print mode; and a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium operably connected to the processor, wherein the computer-readable non-transitory storage medium contains a set of instructions that, when executed, instruct the processor to: determine a first energy usage by the first printing device for processing the document in a normal operating mode, determine an estimated energy usage by the first printing device for processing the document in each of the plurality of energy savings modes, determine and display an estimated energy saving for each of the plurality of energy saving modes, receive a user selection of one of the energy saving modes for processing the first document, process the document in the user-selected energy saving mode via the first printing device, receive an actual power value from the power supply indicative of an actual power amount consumed by the first printing device for processing the document in the user-selected energy saving mode, determine at least one actual energy usage based upon the actual power amount that was consumed by the first printing device during the processing of the document in the user-selected energy saving mode, compare the first energy usage and the at least one actual energy usage, determine at least one actual energy cost savings based upon the comparison for processing the document at the first printing device using the user-selected energy saving mode and a per-unit energy cost, and cause the at least one actual energy cost savings to be displayed. |
