I think (hope) that I may have found the solution. I always thought that a firmware update might fix the problem but I couldn’t ever find one on Samsung’s website. I finally found one after searching Google for awhile. It’s a firmware update for the C410W. I wasn’t sure if it was going to work but if it completely rendered my printer useless then at least I would be out of my misery of doing a dozen start attempts every time I wanted to use the printer and I would be forced to take it to the recycle place and be done with it. Here’s the link to the firmware update. http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/PRINTER...-Xpress-C410W-Printer-Firmware-3xx0202.shtml It’s a zipped file so after downloading it you have to first extract it in order to use it. Just double clicking it doesn’t extract it. Just right click on the downloaded Zip file and choose “Extract all”. There is a pdf document that comes with it that has the instructions for how to do the update. I did the update and my printer has started up on the first...
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. I've tried doing firmware updates and have run the Samsung Printer Diagnostics with no luck. The printer is over a year old but I don't print...
