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From: matthews@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.computers.laser-printers
Subject: What's a duty cycle?
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Date: Sat, 14-Feb-87 09:26:29 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 14 09:26:29 1987
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Since my department got a LaserWriter, all of a sudden I'm interested in 
in technology I previously just let other folks worry about.  If the 
photocopier was making lousy copies, it was easy to find and bitch at
whoever was in charge of the care and feeding of the monstrosity.  But
it looks like I'm going to be partly responsible for keeping the LW running,
so I guess it's time to do some research.

I gather that virtuousness in print engines is measured in pages/minute, 
which I can understand, and pages/month.  The latter units seem to apply to
some variable related to mechanical robustness.  The LaserWriter sits on the 
low end of both parameters, which doesn't surprise me I guess.  But what's
supposed to happen if we use it more heavily than its allotted 3000/month?  
I.e., what does "duty cycle" measure?

    -- Dave Matthews
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