I just inherited a Dell 1700 laser printer. When I go to print a document (any number of pages) it takes literally 30 seconds for the first page to print; subsequent pages print fairly quickly. Any suggestions? Thanks
I have the 1700N, so I see this by looking at printer settings in my browser. If you have a USB connection, I am not sure how you would get to this.
Anyway, I believe it is a setting called "Power Saver." This is how long it waits before it decides no new jobs are coming and so then turns off the drum heater. With the max setting of 240, it will keep the drum heated for 4 hours after the last page prints, and the power to the heater will cycle on and off continually during that time. It uses what I think is a lot of electricity just to keep the thing ready to print page 1 immediately all the time. Myself, I do not like that, so I set it to a value of 1. That means that a minute after the last page prints, my 1700 turns off the drum heater, which means, the next time I want to print, I have to wait for the drum to heat up before the first page can go. That wait is about 20-30 seconds, but I have learned to be patient. Good luck.
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I have the 1700N, so I see this by looking at printer settings in my browser. If you have a USB connection, I am not sure how you would get to this.
Anyway, I believe it is a setting called "Power Saver." This is how long it waits before it decides no new jobs are coming and so then turns off the drum heater. With the max setting of 240, it will keep the drum heated for 4 hours after the last page prints, and the power to the heater will cycle on and off continually during that time. It uses what I think is a lot of electricity just to keep the thing ready to print page 1 immediately all the time. Myself, I do not like that, so I set it to a value of 1. That means that a minute after the last page prints, my 1700 turns off the drum heater, which means, the next time I want to print, I have to wait for the drum to heat up before the first page can go. That wait is about 20-30 seconds, but I have learned to be patient. Good luck.