Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport
Aircraft
Immediately after gear up; I smelled something that wasn't normal; verbalized it with Captain; he confirmed that he smelled it too. We agreed it smelled like burning rubber or electrical and decided to monitor it to see if it got worse or went away. Roughly 1500-2000 AGL; I saw smoke coming from the printer. I alerted the Captain that I have smoke coming from the printer. He saw it and asked me to [advise ATC]. After [advising ATC]; ATC started vectoring us back to the airport; and due to smoke continuing to come out of the printer; the Captain advised to put on the O2 mask on if I needed it. I put on the mask due to the fumes and the Captain put on his at the same time. The Captain then asked me to communicate with the flight attendants the situation; that we were returning to ZZZ and to ensure everyone remained seated. We coordinated with Dispatch/Maintenance/Ops for our arrival. After coordination; the smoke had disappeared and we removed our masks. We discussed using the speed cards for V speeds; were vectored onto [Runway] XXL and were met by ARFF upon exiting the runway where we advised ATC that we can cancelled to [situation]. Due to our familiarization of the smoke/fire/fumes emergency procedure; we knew it wasn't going to lead us to a point of pinpointing the printer. As we were close to landing; we realized we would have needed extra time to run through all the checklists; and since the smoke had stopped; we decided it would be best to get on the ground. QRH leads to disconnecting different buses if you can identify where the smoke is coming from. Suggest adding the printer to that location list. It's a very specific location that can be pinpointed very quickly. If the QRH leads to pulling the circuit breaker then the smoke will stop. Luckily; the breaker popped automatically for us.
CRJ-900 First Officer reported returning to departure airport after experiencing smoke and fumes from the cockpit printer.