Try running a heavy duty extension cord to it from another room. If it works fine, you need a separate circuit for it. Also your sound system probably needs to be on at least a 20 amp circuit, a dedicated line would be best.
"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.
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Your printer problem intrigued me so I measured the current draw of my HP. At power up, after being off for 12 hours, the peak current was slightly higher than 5 amps. This was the steady state current when printing. When not printing it dropped to about an amp. This is a rather large home use printer. I would not expect your printer to have a significanlty higher current draw. Compare this with an inrush current of 50 amps for my amplifier, with an operting current at my listening levels of around 5 amps. Similarly, a power on current draw of 25 amps for a vacuum cleaner and then an operating current of 10 amps. The vacuum cleaner and the amplifier do cause a very short momentary dimming of the lights at power up but the printer does not. This may put things in perspective. Hope it helps. Let us know what you find and how you solve your current situation. |
Strike the power of all laser printers to heat the fossil. It is very small at the standpoint so you only see the problem while printing. Try searching the different 'step' plugin printer. Or simply take help HP Support Assistant to get rid of this. |
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