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




No problem, good too hear its all better :)
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