Samsung Ml 2245 Reset Firmware
Gaetan Boren
Hello My printer is a samsung c410w laser color printer the printer power button gets on but don't hear the normal printer warming up stage the printer can ony be turned off by pulling the power cord of the back shut it down again, cartridges are new and the drum unit seems ok and the fuser and the belt as well.
I have the same printer and it turns on, but nothing beyond that and it can only be turned off by unplugging (as with the OP). There are a few things that might revive it like making sure the fuser temperature safety hasn't been thrown (do an Internet search on this; I did that but it didn't help me). Your printer like mine clearly has a circuit board failure. If you are willing and able to tear apart the printer and do the work yourself you can find (again through searches) replacements for the two main boards in the printer, and they would not be difficult to replace once you figure out the magic of taking the printer apart. However, you're probably looking at 100 to maybe 150 (or more) dollars for the two circuit boards and so you have to decide whether it makes sense to repair it. If you would have to have a repair shop do the work I'm certain you'd be wiser to take the printer to the electronics recycler and dispose of it. I am not delighted by that prospect but I may do that and be done with it.
Why is it so hard for people to understand the issue here? The problem I have had with my Samsung C410W (and from Internet searches I've done many others have had the identical problem) is that you press the power switch, the blue light around it comes on, and that's it. There is no sound, and you can only get the thing to turn off by unplugging it. Plugging it back in does NOT "wake" the machine up, it does nothing. The RJ45 (network) port is dead, the USB port is dead. If you connect the printer to your computer with a USB cable, operating system of your choice, the printer is invisible to the computer. You can't resolve this printer problem with software running on a computer that does not see the printer, obviously.
I replaced the large board on the printer left side, no effect. I replaced the small board on the back right (with the USB and RJ-45 ports) and that fixed it. The board, JC92-02483A, is the central control board with the ARM chip. Samsung sold its printer division to HP a year or more ago.
I have exactly the same annoying issue. spent a lot of money for toner and even sent it back for repair. They said it's working. When the printer setteled for a few DAYS it might come back once or twice - then going to deep sleep again. SyncThru does not recognize it and even through USB it's invisible for the computer. This really sucks. And why doesn't any technician or official at Samsung (HP as it seems to be ...) admit that their is a BIG problem! Anything I can say: keep your fingers off these machines!
3. Before you close the front cover, (not quite sure if this is applicable to your model or not) check to see if there is any kind of 'safety switch ', which would be operated by the cover being closed. If there is it may be that it has become dislodged or disconnected.
Please do not give advice if you have no clue about the printer model. I am not sure why your generic advise for fixing common printer issues was rated up. These printers are not even recognized when they are plugged into a usb port and all the buttons are unresponsive even though the power is on.
As I have no control whatsoever as to why my answer is rated up or who does so, (I cannot vote for my own answer, also the answer can only be rated up once only by the same person), one conclusion is that it must have helped some people to resolve their problem, at least enough for them to rate it as helpful.
I have the same problem. The lights come on but it does not get recognized by the computer and it doesn't go into the warm up cycle. The blue light around the power button is on and this is supposed to indicate that it is in Standby Mode. The blue light doesn't light up on a successful start up. The only way to shut it down is to pull the power cord. After pulling the cord I hold the power button down to dissipate all the residual power in the printer and then plug it back in and try powering it up again. I may have to do this 3 or 4 times before I finally hear a little click and then it goes into the warm up cycle. I wait a few minutes after hitting the power button to give it time to be recognized by the computer. Sometimes it will actually power up on the first attempt. Have tried a different power cord and a different USB cable and still have the same problem.
Just to comment I have exactly the same issue - blue ring around the power button as soon as it powers on, and after pulling the power cable out and letting the residual power discharge a few times I (eventually) get the little click noise and it all comes back to life.
I also have the same comment. I can't get the printer to do anything. My wife says she called Samsung and they were stumped. I'm sure we haven't printed more than 300 pages on this thing, working out at about 1/page.
Press and hold Cancel button. while pressing, unplug power cord. keep pressing, wait 10 sec. Release. press and hold power button and cancel button at the same time AND while doing that plug in the power button and keep holding another 25 sec or so. Printer will start cycling through, you are done! :) Now if unplugged, or turned off. Same procedure must be followed.
Press and hold Cancel button. while pressing, unplug power cord. keep pressing, wait 10 sec. Release. press and hold WPS button and cancel button at the same time AND while doing that plug in the power button and keep holding another 25 sec or so. Printer will start cycling through, you are done! :) Now if unplugged, or turned off. Same procedure must be followed.
This works solid. I had been knocking my printer to get it to warm and it would take 25 bashes to warm up. But this simple trick worked without me having to put in the cartridge and take it out again and again and then slap the printer again and again. Thanks a lot
Did find a site -... that reports a lot of success. Apparently if you can reset a counter with a resistor, your printer will work again. Reports are that it works on many Samsung printers including C410W.
Thank you Gary. I followed this tutorial. I add a 50ohm resistance that woke up my printer, and than the resistance burnt. I than put only the original one as being said on tutorial and it worked perfectly. Thank you.
The Power button does not appear to be damaged. I've tried plugging the printer in in another room (by itself, no computer) and still nothing. I've also left it unplugged overnight and even tried using a different power cord. It just will not power on. Note, the printer was working just fine yesterday afternoon. The only thing I did was turn it off in mid-operation.
Even if the power button were damaged (and I see no sign that it is), it should turn on by itself when I go to print. Instead, I get an error message simply saying "the printer is not ready." (at first, I was getting a message that "the printer is offline", but I was able to toggle that by going into the Printer Properties in Windows and changing its online status.)
The printer is only slightly over a year old, so it's no longer under warranty (naturally). Newer models are junk, so even though Canon has a "trade-in" program, I'd rather fix this one (which SHOULD be something simple).
I bought the "Canadian" version of this discontinued printer specifically for it's CD printing capabilities. Newer models... and ALL U.S. printers... disable this feature (by law?) According to Canon (after I asked), there is no fuse inside the unit that might have blown.
Same here. When it first did the no "warm up" stuff, checked every opening looking for a switch that may not be functioning. Unplugged, re-plugged, hit start many times. Then it worked. Had same problem next day, then while chatting with Samsung support it started working - printed over 30 fine pages. Next day - nada. A few days later, still no warm up.
I have the same issue. This is not a driver issue. The USB connection is actually bad and the printer is unresponsive even when not plugged into usb. The computer doesn't recognize it as being plugged in.
Excuse me, I have the same problem, and I power on the printer and power off it again and again. It still doesn't warm up. and can't link to PC by usb to update firmware. How can I do ? Thank you very much.
All I can think of is to just keep trying to get the computer to see it via USB by shutting it down by unplugging it, plugging it back in and then pushing the power button until it finally starts up properly. Once (if) it does then the computer should see the USB hookup and you can try the firmware update as I described in my May 23 post.
I have to say Owen G's experience takes the cake - the C410W can actually malfunction without even being plugged in, given a few years of sitting in its original box! Well, the more obvious explanation is the unit that he bought was dead on arrival. Of course there is no real remedy against Samsung because they dumped their printer division onto HP several years ago, but it sure seems to me that an honest company would have acknowledged that they produced an obviously defective product and they would have tried to correct that somehow.
I think that what Owen G experienced may give insight into what is the underlying cause of the failures of this printer related to the specific board that fixed my machine when I replaced it. I will have to start a new answer to do it but I will post a photo of the board. But the nature of the printer failure is clearly at a very low level and so must involve a very critical component.
It appears from D Spencer's post that the aliexpress product looks the same. As or quality, who knows. D Spencer, any tips on how to get the printer apart to access that little board? A little tutorial would be much appeciated!
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