If the printer is giving off fumes and has a strong burning smell this is potentially very dangerous, not only to your personal health but it is a fire hazard.
The odor is coming from what is called the 'fuser' which heats and bonds the toner to the paper stock.
There may be some light residue from the manufacture of the fuser roller which is heated to a high temperature to enable the fusing to take place.
It may linger for several days but is unlikely to be hazardous in nature otherwise Samsung wouldn't allow it to remain on the assembly.
Laser printers often smell 'hot' due to this process but I have not heard of any hazard caused by fumes.
One caveat though; the fuser roller is coated with Teflon or an equivalent coating.
I nearly died from Teflon which was in a gaseous state many years ago but it was exposed to temperatures of greater than 450F which is dangerous since the effect is that of a nerve gas called phosgene.
Since that is a temperature one can easily reach on a stove-top, we have NO coated cookware in our home.
If you notice that the plastic near the warmest place on your machine feels uncommonly hot, it might be best to shut it down since it may be possible for the thermostatic control to fail so the fuser is heated to an abnormally high temperature.
I'm fairly sure there is a thermal fuse to prevent catastrophic failure but wouldn't count on it.
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