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ECO Night Sensor


ECO Night Sensor

Ricoh’s ECO Night Sensor is an energy saving feature that works by detecting the amount of ambient light in the room. Depending on available settings in a Ricoh device, it automatically turns off the device’s main power, or shifts it to Energy Saver Mode, when the amount of light falls below a certain level. The latest version of ECO Night Sensor also turns the power on when the amount of light increases.
The sensor detects the increase and fall of both natural and artificial light, significantly reducing the device’s power consumption and running cost

How does it work? 
The sensor is located on the operation panel, and its settings can be changed at the operation panel display.
The settings include the level of light that triggers the power off timer, and the amount of time for a device to turn off after the light threshold was detected. 

Brightness level
When ECO Night Sensor detects the light level threshold, the timer is activated. 
There are up to 16 brightness levels available, with Level 0 being complete darkness, and Level 16 detecting up to 700 lux of light. 
Selecting the highest level will cause the sensor to trigger at the smallest decrease in ambient light. Selecting a lower level will cause the sensor to trigger at progressively lower levels of ambient light.
Setting the power off timer
With ECO Night Sensor, each organisation can choose the automatic power off time for their device that best suits their needs.
The default power off time is 120 minutes. The available options are 1, 5, 30, 60, and 120 minutes. 
During the countdown period, if the hard disk drive (HDD) is activated or a job is sent to the printer, the timer will restart.
Automatic power on
Some newer devices can also automatically turn on when ECO Night Sensor detects a certain level of light. By default, the setting for this feature is Off, just to make sure devices won’t automatically turn on and use power on weekends and public holidays.
Note: The available settings may vary, depending on the type of Ricoh device.
Availability
ECO Night Sensor is standard functionality in some Ricoh printers and multifunction products (MFPs).
Benefits for the customer
Save on electricity costs
Environmentally conscious customers can minimise their impact on the environment
When the office lights have been turned off, the printer will automatically turn off—for example at night, during holidays, or offsite meetings—even if staff forget
Staff don’t need to wait in the morning for the device to warm-up

Scripted by:-
Nandini Ramesh 
Marketing Manager

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