Copiers

You should know...

• Copiers that have earned the ENERGY STAR "sleep" or power down when not in use, and use 40% less electricity compared to standard models.
• ENERGY STAR qualified high-speed copiers feature duplexing units that automatically make double-sided copies, reduces paper costs by about $60 a month. Using less paper also saves energy because it takes 10 times more energy to manufacture a piece of paper than it does to copy an image onto it.
• Businesses that use ENERGY STAR enabled office equipment may realize additional savings on air conditioning and maintenance.

Definitions

• Copier: A commercial reprographic imaging unit whose sole function is the production of duplicates from a graphic hard copy original. A copier must include a marking system, an imaging system, and a paper handling module. All black and white plain paper technologies are covered though the intent is to focus on widely-used standard copier equipment such as light lens copiers. The specifications outlined below apply to standard-sized copiers designed to handle A4 paper and large format copiers designed to handle A2 paper or larger.
• Enable: To set the power management feature of a given product such that the power saving features are automatically activated as specified in the product's ENERGY STAR Partnership Agreement with the manufacturer. Standby Mode: The condition that exists when the machine is not making copies, has reached operating conditions and is ready to make a copy, but has not yet entered into energy-saver mode. When the copier is in this mode, there will be virtually no delay before the copier is capable of making the next copy.
• Low-Power Mode: The lowest power state the copier can automatically enter within some period of copier inactivity, without actually turning off.
• Off Mode: The condition that exists when the copier is connected to an appropriate electrical source, and has been recently shut off via the auto-off feature.
• Default Time: The time period set by the manufacturer prior to shipping that determines when the copier will enter the low-power and off modes.
• Recovery Time: The amount of time needed to bring the copier from a low-power mode to the standby mode.
• Automatic Duplex Mode: The mode in which the copier automatically places images on both sides of a copy sheet, by automatically sending both the copy sheet and the graphic original through the copier model. Examples of this are one-sided to two-sided copying, or two-sided to two-sided copying. A copier model is considered to have an automatic duplex mode only if the copier model includes all accessories needed to satisfy the above conditions, i.e., an automatic document feeder and accessories for automatic duplexing capabilities.
• Effective Date: Products shipped from this date must meet the specification to qualify.

Key product criteria

• Automatically enter "low-power" and/or "off" modes after a period of inactivity
• Energy-efficiency specifications based on copier speed
• Separate specifications available for large/wide-format models
• Double-sided copying on standard-sized machines that copy at 20 pages or faster per minute is a recommended default option.

STANDARD-SIZED COPIERS (A4) (effective July 1, 1998)

Copier Speed (copies per minute)	0 < cpm < 20	20 < cpm < 44	44 < cpm
Low-Power Mode (Watts)	None	3.85 x cpm + 5	3.85 x cpm + 5
Low-Power Default Time	NA	15 minutes	15 minutes
Recovery Time 30 seconds	NA	Yes	Recommended
Off Mode (Watts)	< 5	< 15	< 20
Off Mode Default Time	< 30 minutes	< 60 minutes	< 90 minutes
Automatic Duplex Mode	No	Optional	Optional

LARGE FORMAT COPIERS (A2 or larger) (effective July 1, 2000)

Copier Speed (copiers per minute)	0 < cpm < 40	40 < cpm
Low-Power Mode (Watts)	NA	3.85 x cpm + 5
Low-Power Default Time	NA	15 min.
Recovery Time 30 Seconds	NA	Recommended
Off Mode	< 10W	< 20W
Off Mode Default Time	< 30 min.	< 90 min.
Automatic Duplex Mode	No	No