I don't think he has the printers on the UPS, just on the same circuit. When the laser printer goes off, the UPS senses a brown-out condition and fire.
--- Jean Laeremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Rick Schummer > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The only negative of this machine is the power up > from sleep cycle. It seems to draw a lot of power, > > often tripping up the three UPSes in on the same > circuit in the office when it awakens. It does seem > > UPS & printers ? Isn't that a big no no. ? > > Laser printers aren't meant to be powered by UPSes; > in fact, about > once every hour or two (depending on the model), > many of them turn on > a very high-wattage lamp called the "fuser" whose > purpose is to melt > toner onto the paper. A UPS can't handle the sudden > power surge, and > in fact might be severely damaged by it. So, your > best bet is to plug > your laser printer in separately and allow it to > lose power if the > lights go out. > > A+ > jml > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
