Calibration problem with Canon LBP5100 printer

[John]

We are light printer users and may only use the printer for a short
period of time (ten minutes or less) then turn the printer off (green
users). The printer may be turned on three or four times a day for
short periods only.

Our problem is that each time the printer is turned on and a document
is printed, the printer goes though the printer calibration, in our
case a minimum of three to four calibrations daily. This is a concern
both with the amount of ink that¡¦s being used when calibrating, and
the amount of time taken ¡V 2 1/2 minutes each calibration.

I¡¦ve gone though the options in the printer status for calibrating the
printer and though there is an option to manually operate the
calibration I can¡¦t find anyway to stop the printer running the
calibration process.

Apart from the manual option to calibrate, the only other options are
to use a ¡§Periodical Calibration¡¨ or an ¡§Auto calibration after a
fixed period¡¨. There is also an option for print or calibration print
priority.

I have gone though all the options in turn to see if any would stop
the calibration process without success. Looking in the registry I can
see a number of keys dealing with calibration but I¡¦m afraid my
experience in limited when it comes to the registry.

Anyone having experience with this printer and knows how to turn off
the calibration process, or can give us some pointers in help solving
the problem, your help would be much appreciated.

 

[Don Phillipson]

We are light printer users and may only use the printer for a short
period of time (ten minutes or less) then turn the printer off (green
users). The printer may be turned on three or four times a day for
short periods only.

Our problem is that each time the printer is turned on and a document
is printed, the printer goes though the printer calibration, in our
case a minimum of three to four calibrations daily. This is a concern
both with the amount of ink that¡¦s being used when calibrating, and
the amount of time taken ¡V 2 1/2 minutes each calibration.
. . .
Anyone having experience with this printer and knows how to turn off
the calibration process, or can give us some pointers in help solving
the problem, your help would be much appreciated.

Most "calibration" routines are run only when the printer is turned
on. Would you solve your own problem by leaving the printer
turned on for longer periods (e.g. a whole day or a whole week)?

 

[John]

Most "calibration" routines are run only when the printer is turned
on. Would you solve your own problem by leaving the printer
turned on for longer periods (e.g. a whole day or a whole week)?

Yes, this would work okay but would mean that the printer is on all
the time.
As we care about the environment we would prefer to turn the printer
off when not in use.
We would like to find a way to stop the calibration process then just
use the manual calibration when needed. If this is not possible we
would have to live with the printer on permanently.

 

[John]

I suspect you cannot achieve what you need, this is a dumb printer and all
control comes from the driver so if the driver (or any supplied toolbox)
doesn't provide the facility you will be unable to prevent the calibration.
Tony
MS MVP Printing Image

I suspect that what you say is correct, which is a pity. I thought
that maybe there was a key in the registry that would disable the
calibration but I don't have the expertise to find this.
I've turned the sleep mode to come on after 5 minutes and hopefully
this will help save power usage.

 

[Joel]

We are light printer users and may only use the printer for a short
period of time (ten minutes or less) then turn the printer off (green
users). The printer may be turned on three or four times a day for
short periods only.

Our problem is that each time the printer is turned on and a document
is printed, the printer goes though the printer calibration, in our
case a minimum of three to four calibrations daily. This is a concern
both with the amount of ink that??s being used when calibrating, and
the amount of time taken ?V 2 1/2 minutes each calibration.

I??ve gone though the options in the printer status for calibrating the
printer and though there is an option to manually operate the
calibration I can??t find anyway to stop the printer running the
calibration process.

Apart from the manual option to calibrate, the only other options are
to use a ??Periodical Calibration?? or an ??Auto calibration after a
fixed period??. There is also an option for print or calibration print
priority.

I have gone though all the options in turn to see if any would stop
the calibration process without success. Looking in the registry I can
see a number of keys dealing with calibration but I??m afraid my
experience in limited when it comes to the registry.

Anyone having experience with this printer and knows how to turn off
the calibration process, or can give us some pointers in help solving
the problem, your help would be much appreciated.

I dunno about you but you try to go green by turning yourself green <bg>.
I would say just leave the printer ON which won't be too anti-green, but
turning ON/OFF not only eat your valuable time, costing some ink, and may
cause other issue.

 

[measekite]

Yes, this would work okay but would mean that the printer is on all
the time.
As we care about the environment we would prefer to turn the printer
off when not in use.

They go to sleep so it is not a big deal.