My P513w is possessed

 DBane,

 

WHAT???

 

Your Printer is possed!!!

 

I used to have a Dell Photo 964 Printer attached to the old phone line and every time the phone would ring, it would wake up, then go back to sleep after 10 minutes. I know for a fact, since I left this printer on 24/7, that every time we had a power failure, when the power would come back on, it would reset itself and cycle, then go back to sleep. Very dependable, just the noises. I had mine placed in a corner where it was out of the way and not near my sleeping quarters. I now have a Dell V715W Wireless Printer and it sleeps until someone tries to print something. It can scare you, especially when you are sitting there and next thing it starts to print, then you realize that someone is working on an assignment at 2am in the morning.

 

If it works great, then I'd only suggest to place it in a place where it won''t bother you with the noise. I keep mine covered except where the paper comes out and please keep it away from a vent so the cartridges do not dry out.

 

 

Rick

No phone wire here, no print outs.  I live alone in a small condo, so no matter where I place it (currently in the living room) it's going to disturb me if it wakes up at night.  I've taken to cooing at it and petting it lovingly until it goes back to sleep, but this is starting to cut into my own sleep.

It also gives me, as you mentioned, a terrible fright when I'm sitting at the computer (right next to it) and it begins to throw a mini tantrum.  I can, of course, "hack" the time that it decides to wake up by unplugging it and plugging it back in when I feel it's OK for it to do it's thing.  Unfortunately, I can't perform this hack while I'm at work and would prefer if there was some way to configure this.  I haven't seen any mention of this in the manuals.

I keep it in a "powered off" state (hold the Off button for 3 seconds until all displays go dark and it goes to sleep) so I would think that it should never decide to wake up on it's own.

 DBane,

 

I tried looking at the manual. It look like it has similar settings to the Dell V715w Wireless Printer.

 

Do you use Eco-Mode? I never turn my printer off, after I print and sleeps after 10 minutes, do not press the power switch.

 

Suggestion, if this doesn't work, the have it set to wake you up so you're not late for work/class, then you won't mind the noise as much.

 

 

Rick

I do use EcoMode.  I'll try leaving it on and letting it sleep rather than turning it off.  We'll see if this works in about a week.

Thanks.

 DBane,

 

I never turn my printer off. I never noticed anything like you describe and my printer is on my wireless network. Mine sleeps afte 10 minutes from my last print job. Takes about 30 seconds to a minute to wake up to print, but I live with that.

 

Please keep me posted.

 

 

Rick

DBane,   I tried looking at the manual. It look like it has similar settings to the Dell V715w Wireless Printer.   Do you use Eco-Mode? I never turn my printer off, after I print and sleeps after 10 minutes, do not press the power switch.   Suggestion, if this doesn't work, the have it set to wake you up so you're not late for work/class, then you won't mind the noise as much.     Rick

Maybe my problem is something stupid, Please explain it in details, But I still do not understand how to set Eco-mode.

 Armand.Robards,

 

Looking at the Dell™ P513w User's Guide it explains how to use eco-mode.

 

You have to press button 8 on the printer.

 

 

 

Rick