Disable Eco Mode?

[pavanzato]

I have an 8600 pro printer and do not want it to go to sleep after 15 mins

Is there a way to disable sleep mode or eco mode?

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[Puchungo7]

I do have the same printer at home, this is what I found that might help you:

Eco

Hewlett-Packard is committed to providing quality products in an environmentally

sound manner. Design for recycling has been incorporated into this product. For more

information, see Environmental product stewardship program

HP is committed to helping customers reduce their environmental footprint. HP has

provided these features to help you focus on ways to assess and reduce the impact of

your printing choices.

For more information about HP's environmental initiatives, visit www.hp.com/hpinfo/

globalcitizenship/environment/.

Manage power

To conserve electricity, try the following:

• Turn on the printer's Sleep Mode feature, and then select the option for the

shortest time. After the printer has been inactive for this period of time, the printer

will go into low-power mode. To configure this feature, touch (eco

button) on the printer’s control panel display, touch

Sleep, and then touch the

desired option.

• Use the printer's Schedule On and Off feature, and then select the days and time

you want the printer to turn on and turn off automatically. For example, you can

schedule the printer to turn on at 8am and turn off at 8pm from Monday to Friday.

In this way, you will save energy during the night and weekends. To configure this

feature, touch (eco button) on the printer's control panel display, touch

Schedule On and Off

, and then set the time to turn on and off the printer.

• Adjust the screen brightness to a dimmer setting. To configure this feature, touch

(eco button) on the printer's control panel display, touch

Screen

Brightness

, and then set the desired option.

NOTE:

The printer's Sleep Mode and Schedule On and Off features are

temporarily not available if one or more of the ink cartridges are missing. After the

cartridge is reinstalled, these features resume.

CAUTION:

HP recommends that you replace any missing cartridges as soon as

possible to avoid print quality issues and possible extra ink usage or damage to the

ink system. Never turn off the printer when ink cartridges are missing.

Conserve printing supplies

To conserve printing supplies such as ink and paper, try the following:

• Change the print mode to a draft setting. Draft setting uses less ink.

• Do not clean the printhead unnecessarily. This wastes ink and shortens the life of

the cartridges.

• Reduce paper usage by printing on both sides of the paper. If the printer has an

automatic two-sided printing accessory (duplexer), see Print on both sides

(duplexing). Otherwise, you can first print just the odd pages, flip the pages over,

and then print just the even pages.

let me knowif this help you.

[pavanzato]

thanks,

this is a printer we have at the office, and the boss is annoyed that it constantly shuts down while he is working, I thought sleep mode would wake back up as soon as he tried to print something but he is using it as wireless and i guess sometimes when he tries to print it doesn't seem to wake up as fast as he would like it to...

so I can not find a way to turn off sleep mode...

the only options in eco mode are sleep in 5 -10 -15 mins...

if there was a way to disable it It would work for him.

[GunnerBEEL]

There IS a way to disable Echo Mode. I turned on Echo Mode at my house with the HP Control Center from the website. You need to search the model of your printer, then you go into the setting and on  and on.

So, thats how you do it.

But, you have to search your printer to get it so I can not give a link.

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