After having an ipf8100 for a few months I have noticed my electric bill rise about $30 more than normal. This past month I had left it on most of the time and it would run through its cleaning cycles. That's when I really noticed my electric bill.
For now i will be unplugging the printer untill I need to print.
Anyone else notice this type of power consumption?
First, the $30 sounds a little suspicious. The ipf8100 when operating is rated at 190 watts (or less) , which means it takes about the same amount of power as ceiling light with 3 60 watt bulbs. This computes to about 4.6 kiloWatt-hours per day, or about 136 kW-hrs a month. I don't know how much you pay for your power, but currently my power company (rocky mountain power) charges about 10 cents per kiloWatt hour, which means operating the printer 24 hours a day for a month would cost about $14 dollars. Perhaps your power costs quite a bit more, but unless you are running the printer around the clock (which means you can't turn it off anyway), much of the $30 is probably coming from something else.
As far as turning it off .. mistake. The printer is rated at 6 watts while in standby/asleep. At this same cost of power - about 50 cents per month to leave on. That's about the cost of 1 ml of ink, and turning the printer off and on frequently will consume much more than 1 ml ... yes, Canon's consume more ink than most realize to keep their nozzles clear. In addition this will most likely consume the head at a faster rate which if you end up replacing will probably be more expensive than running the printer for a couple of decades in sleep mode. Unplugging it will cost you more money than the few quarters per month it takes to leave it running.
