I have an HP laser printer on the same circuit as my audio system and have never experienced dimming of lights or any other noticiable effect. Nor have I ever seen this happen in any other setting. Your printer should not draw that much current. You may want to tighten your connections at the panel and at the outlets - sounds like you have a high resistance in the path feeding power, most likely in the path to the printer. If that does not prove to be the case and if the time frame allows for it, I would be very tempted to exchange the printer.
"Audiophile" Printer - But Interfering with AC?
I recently purchased a Samsung 1630, which is a consumer grade monochrome laser jet printer.
What might be of interest to other audiophiles is that this printer is very COOL.
Its performance is supposedly very good, but Samsung has made a big effort to put it in a sleek and stylish case - a welcome change from cheap, beige plastic and at last, a printer which doesnt detract from my listening room.
But here is the weird problem: everytime I go to print, it feels as if I am trying to fire up a nuclear power station: the lights dim, my DAC connection is temporarily knocked out, and my Audio Research SP-11 goes into LED blinking, warm up mode as if I just turned it on.
Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening? Should the stand by mode for a relatively small, monochrome laserjet printer draw that much current? Will my next electrical bill be....shocking?
As with all of my electrical toys, I would rather leave it on 24/7 for convenience.
Thank you for any thoughts.