[GRLUG] Cheap laser printer

[Timothy Schmidt]

Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> Timothy Schmidt wrote:
> 
>> When it heats up the fuser, mine draws ~1000W.  This happens about once
>> a minute during standby.
> 
> Once per minute? For (approx.) what duration? What is the base current level 
> between these heat ups?

On the order of a second or less...  just long enough to show up for one
or two samples on the kill-a-watt.  In standby the baseline is around
40w, printing is between 40 and 200w.

--tim