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Printer Crashes computer its not hooked up to

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BigBooRRTX

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just trying to figure this out, sometimes when i try and print somthing it crashes my 2nd computer that next to me, the printers are not on the netowrk and are not shared at all, and are hooked up on the non crashing computer. the computer that crashes is running win2000 and the other is using xp. i have tryed evrething trying to fix this, i changed the netowrk id on the win 2000 pc and it still crashes, the printers are not installed on the win2000 computer. anyone have any clue how to fix this? thanks alot in advance.
 
Is it a laser printer? They use a lot of power. The lights in the room dim when my old Laserwriter starts up.
 
i think i know where dwcal is going.
(and if not, then this is my hypothesis)
get an extension cord and run the power cord for the printer to another room, or to an outlet you know to be on a separate circuit from your computer, and see if that fixes the problem.
My guess is that the 2nd computer has an older power supply in it, and when the printer warms up, it pulls the main AC line voltage down just enough that the old computer can't handle it. Granted, I don't know anything about the 2nd computer, but i'm hoping that it's maybe OCed and running a few too many components on a small power supply.

If not, then i dunno.
 
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