** The OP simply does ** NOT ** have an " inrush current " problem.
His laser colour printer draws very high AC current for many seconds while it heats part of it's mechanism from time to time.
Even a small, B&W model will draw 1kVA doing this.
The solution is to either stabilise the AC supply to the lamps in use, or, simpler still, use the damn lights installed in the ceiling - as they are normally on a separate circuit.
....... Phil
Exactly. It's a 'warm-up' problem.
I'm forever astonished at this kind of problem that Americans get. Of course running kit off 120V instead of 230 makes it all the worse, but even so, I
*never* see lights dim when significant loads are switching in and out over here in the UK.Graham
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