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Originally Posted by pawoSD
You didn't have your laser printer on at least some form of surge strip?  I run all my computer equipment through a nice APC UPS unit, it provides high quality surge protection to stuff like my laser printer.....and battery backup/surge protection to the computer/networking/DSL equipment. Best $90 I've ever spent.
$400 for a printer? I use a HP 4050TN that I got for free.  Its a beast! $1500 when new....it has networking, twin trays (1000 sheet capacity), front load....17ppm..... |
You can't run a laser printer on a UPS; they take too much power for the fuser. If you use a part-time UPS (one that switches over on power loss), you won't notice any trouble until you try to print when there is no mains power. Then you will fry the UPS.
But no, there was no extra surge protector on it. I may do something about that. The rest of the stuff is on a UPS.