[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?

Sorry...  just checked again, and in standby the baseline is 5 or 6W,
just barely more than sleep.  So the difference between standby and
sleep appears to mostly be keeping the fuser somewhat hot.  Printing
varies from the 1000W spikes to 40-200w baseline.

--tim