[ale] OT: power saving devices

[Christopher Fowler]

On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 16:55 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Printer:  After 1 hour of consistent near-zero amperage on line (i.e. 
> printer is idle), cut line power until printer power switch is
> cycled. 
> I know this is do-able, as some newer X-10 light modules will allow
> you to cycle a lamp switch and power on the module rather than having
> to 
> hunt down the X-10 remote to do this.  Again, I am looking for an 
> all-in-one solution.

Danger!.  This is not good for inkjets.  You can clog the heads this
way.  Inkjets require a push of the button so if they need to they can
clean out the heads.  Or at least I've heard.