Leaving Printer Turned-On

My Epson printer just failed and I have recycled it. I customarily left it turned on 24/7 (unless I was going to be away for an extended time). I have just added a HP Photosmart Premium C310 Series. My question is what is the best practice with this HP device? Can I leave it turned on fulltime? My impression is that when it is first turned on all the chuckling and grinding may be using ink. Counter to that is that possible injury from leaving it turned on all the time. I would appreciate informed advice about this. Many thanks. --jathegenial
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Hi,
Yes you can leave it on 24/7 unless being away for extended time. We have a C309a (last years model) and leave it on all of the time. It goes into power saving mode to reduce power consumption. We had a Photosmart 3210 AiO before this that worked for 6 years before we got the C309a and it was on 24/7 too.
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