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My UPS has a plug for the printer. It does only surge protection. This is convenient to have the full IT equipment of the office protected with just one box.

• masklinn 3y ago
  Does your UPS have a plug for laser printers, or just for printers? It might be assuming an inkjet, which have much lower power draws: an inkjet will draw maybe 50W. A laser printer are generally in the mid-hundreds at least and some models can get into the high hundreds to low kW, you need a pretty heavy UPS to handle that and still power other systems.
  • Loic 3y ago
    For laser printer, it is specified on the plug. It protects only against power surge coming from the utility provider. It does not provide power to the printer, this is just a protection if your house is hit by lightning.
• KolenCh 3y ago
  Laser printer is known to cause a surge event too. Normally there's a limited amount of surge protection available and routine surge would gradually used up the pool. However, surge protection may not be as important. I heard an argument that it is basically snake oil (because an actual surge would normally be much more powerful and beyond a typical capacity they have, and some causes fire.)