Re: Samsung ML-2010


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Don Dunlap wrote:

I just bought one of these printers and it prints OK, but if I turn
it on after the computer has been turned on, it draws so much
current that it causes the computer to reboot. If I turn it on and
then turn on the computer, it works O.K.. The surge when it is
turned on is too much. Does anyone else have this problem?

Not to that extreme, but reviews have noted its higher-than-normal
draw.
I took it off the power strip.


If you are in america things will be different, but on a 240v
Powersupply if the printer is causing such a power drop to make the
PSU trip you have a
serious issue somewhere in your wiring, either inside one of the
plugs, the
contacts on the plugs, or maybe even inside the wall going up to that
plug.

Are your power leads cold to the touch? What about the plugs?
Do the lights dim aswell when the printer is turned on, or is the
voltage drop localized mainly to the computer/printer?

I am in the US. I took the printer off the power strip and plugged it
into the wall plug and it still causes the problem.I have tried it in
two wall plugs also with the same problem. I did notice that when it
was plugged into the power strip that once it caused the re-boot of
the computer well after the printer had been running. There was
nothing noticeable happening and the printer was quiet when this
happened.

Maybe I do have a wiring problem, but I don't really think so. The
house is new, only two years old, and I have several peripherals
hooked up to the computer that is normally turned on with no problems.
I turn all of this equipment off with the Samsung printer being the
only peripheral turned on and the problem occurs. When I say several
peripherals, I mean a Canon printer, a scanner, two external hard
drives, a DSL modem, and naturally a monitor. I have two lights on
the desk, a phone with a power connector and a battery charger
attached to the same outlets served by a common circuit breaker.

I believe that it is just a fault within the printer and I am going to
pursue returning it.

Don Dunlap




Something I should have thought of from the start..

Theres a high possibility its drivers...

-- Turn on the computer, at the bios push the "pause" button on the
keybaod, power the printer, see if it restarts.
alternatively
-- unplug the printer from the computer, and turn it on, see of the
computer reboots.]

You are on to something there. I just unplugged the USB connector and
turned on the printer. No problem with the computer - it didn't reboot.
I will check some more things and let you know what happens.

Thanks for the suggestion,
Don

I did some more experimentation. I "deleted" the printer in the Control
Panel and then rebooted the computer. On reboot, Windows recognized the
printer and made it available again. When this occurs, I don't know whether
Windows reinstalls the driver or not, but I can turn the printer on and off
with no problems now. I have tried it several times and shut down the
computer, re-booted with and without the printer turned on and - no
problems.

It had to be something with the driver or the way Windows was accessing it.
Regardless, it seems to work OK now and I hope it continues. Thanks for the
suggestion cvt. I never considered the driver to be the problem. It
sounded as if it was a power surge.

Thanks again
Don


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