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home and garden home appliancesHow many watts does a HP LaserJet printer use?
Also to know is, how many watts does a HP printer use?
An average ink-jet which is designed for homeuse will typically use 30 to 50 watts when itis printing, in standby mode most printers will drawaround 3 to 5 watts of power. Commercial printerswhich are used in an office will draw 30 to 50 watts onstandby and 300 to 500 watts whenprinting.
Secondly, how many watts does a photocopier use?
It's the hot rollers in photocopiers (they fusethe toner to the paper) that use most of the energy. Duringcopying, power consumption can be 200 to 1,300 Watts. Evenwhen copiers are on stand-by the rollers are usually kepthot, so power consumption can still be 40 to 300Watts.
A desktop computer uses between 60 and 250 watts,depending on whether it is idle. A laptop consumes 15 to 45watts.