ENERGY STAR®
Product Specification for Imaging Equipment
Eligibility Criteria
Draft Version 3.1
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Following is the Draft Version 3.1 ENERGY STAR Product Specification for Imaging Equipment. A
product shall meet all of the identified criteria if it is to earn the ENERGY STAR.

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Note: EPA has discussed with multiple stakeholders the possibility of incorporating remanufactured
equipment into the ENERGY STAR criteria for imaging equipment products. The Agency has determinedthat it would be advantageous to customers for the ENERGY STAR program to expand its scope to coverthese products and give them a pathway to certification. This revision is intended to incorporate those
products through a scope expansion. Any existing product certifications will not be impacted by thisrevision.

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EPA has come to this decision by noting that there are large amounts of energy consumed in the
manufacturing phase of imaging equipment products, more than the use phase. As such, coveringremanufactured products offers a clear environmental benefit to the planet. EPA has taken this into
account as well as the risk to the brand and incorporates that thinking into the proposal outlined in thisdraft.

DEFINITIONSA) Product Types:

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1) Printer: A product whose primary function is to generate paper output from electronic input. A
printer is capable of receiving information from single-user or networked computers, or other input
devices (e.g., digital cameras). This definition is intended to cover products that are marketed as
printers and printers that can be field-upgraded to meet the definition of an MFD.

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2) Scanner: A product whose primary function is to convert paper originals into electronic images
that can be stored, edited, converted, or transmitted, primarily in a personal computing
environment. This definition is intended to cover products that are marketed as scanners.

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3) Copier: A product whose sole function is to produce paper duplicates from paper originals. Thisdefinition is intended to cover products that are marketed as copiers, and upgradeable digitalcopiers (UDCs).

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4) Facsimile (Fax) Machine: A product whose primary functions are (1) to scan paper originals forelectronic transmission to remote units, and (2) to receive electronic transmissions for conversion
to paper output. A fax machine may also be capable of producing paper duplicates. Electronictransmission is primarily over a public telephone system, but may also be via a computer networkor the Internet. This definition is intended to cover products that are marketed as fax machines.

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5) Multifunction Device (MFD): A product that performs the core functions of a Printer and Scanner.
An MFD may have a physically integrated form factor, or it may consist of a combination offunctionally integrated components. MFD copy functionality is considered to be distinct fromsingle-sheet convenience copying functionality sometimes offered by fax machines. Thisdefinition includes products marketed as MFDs and “multi-function products” (MFPs).

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6) Digital Duplicator: A product sold as a fully-automated duplicator system through the method of
stencil duplicating with digital reproduction functionality. This definition is intended to coverproducts that are marketed as digital duplicators.

41427) Mailing Machine: A product whose primary function is to print postage onto mail pieces. Thisdefinition is intended to cover products that are marketed as mailing machines.

43448) Professional Imaging Product: A printer or MFD marketed as intended for producing deliverables
for sale, with the following features:

45a) Supports paper with basis weight greater than or equal to 141 g/m2;

46b) A3-capable;

47c) If product is monochrome, monochrome product speed equal to or greater than 86 ipm;

48d) If product is color, color product speed equal to or greater than 50 ipm;49e) Print resolution of 600  600 dots per inch or greater for each color;

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Weight of the base model greater than 180 kg; andFive of the following additional features for color products or four for monochrome products,
included standard with the Imaging Equipment product or as an accessory:

53g) Paper capacity equal to or greater than 8,000 sheets;

54h) Digital front-end (DFE);

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Hole punch;

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Perfect binding or ring binding (or similar, such as tape or wire binding, but not staple
saddle stitching);

58k) Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) storage equal to or greater than 1,024 MB.

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m) Coated paper compatibility.

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Third-party color certification (e.g., IDEAlliance Digital Press Certification, FOGRA
Validation Printing System Certification, or Japan Color Digital Printing Certification, if
product is color capable); and

9) Remanufactured Imaging Equipment: Product that meets the definition of a product (asdefined in Section 1.A)1-8)), which has been returned to a “like new” state by the
manufacturer. For the purposes of this specification, this includes:

66a) Utilizing new and reused components from the original equipment manufacturer (OEM);6768b) Firmware updated to the most recent version and erasing of all existing user data for
security purposes;

69c) “As new” performance including image quality, functionality, and energy performance;70d) Cosmetically, as new, appearance;

71e) Warranty of same length to originally designed, new product warranty.

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Note: EPA is proposing to add a definition for remanufactured imaging equipment. The list of required
attributes for remanufactured equipment is consistent with the goals of the ENERGY STAR program andwas developed in consultation with stakeholders.

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791) Direct Thermal (DT): A marking technology characterized by the burning of dots onto coated print
media that is passed over a heated print head. DT products do not use ribbons.

80812) Dye Sublimation (DS): A marking technology characterized by the deposition (sublimation) of dye
onto print media as energy is supplied to heating elements.

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3) Electro-photographic (EP): A marking technology characterized by the illumination of aphotoconductor in a pattern representing the desired output image via a light source,
development of the image with particles of toner using the latent image on the photoconductor todefine the presence or absence of toner at a given location, transfer of the toner to the final print
media, and fusing to cause the output to become durable. For purposes of this specification,
Color EP products simultaneously offer three or more unique toner colors, while Monochrome EP
products simultaneously offer one or two unique toner colors. This definition includes Laser, Light
Emitting Diode (LED), and Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) illumination technologies.

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4) Impact: A marking technology characterized by the formation of the desired output image bytransferring colorant from a “ribbon” to the print media via an impact process. This definition
includes Dot Formed Impact and Fully Formed Impact.

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5) Ink Jet (IJ): A marking technology characterized by the deposition of colorant in small drops
directly to the print media in a matrix manner. For purposes of this specification, Color IJ products
offer two or more unique colorants at one time, while Monochrome IJ products offer one colorant
at a time. This definition includes Piezo-electric (PE) IJ, IJ Sublimation, and Thermal IJ. Thisdefinition does not include High Performance IJ.

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6) High Performance IJ: An IJ marking technology that includes nozzle arrays that span the width ofa page and/or the ability to dry ink on the print media via supplemental media heating
mechanisms. High-performance IJ products are used in business applications usually served byelectro-photographic marking products.

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7) Solid Ink (SI): A marking technology characterized by ink that is solid at room temperature andliquid when heated to the jetting temperature. This definition includes both direct transfer andoffset transfer via an intermediate drum or belt.

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8) Stencil: A marking technology characterized by the transfer of images onto print media from astencil that is fitted around an inked drum.

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9) Thermal Transfer (TT): A marking technology characterized by the deposition of small drops ofsolid colorant (usually colored waxes) in a melted/fluid state directly to print media in a matrix
manner. TT is distinguished from IJ in that the ink is solid at room temperature and is made fluidby heat.

111C) Operational Modes:

1121) On Mode:

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a) Active State: The power state in which a product is connected to a power source and isactively producing output, as well as performing any of its other primary functions.

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b) Ready State: The power state in which a product is not producing output, has reachedoperating conditions, has not yet entered into any lower-power modes, and can enter Active
State with minimal delay. All product features can be enabled in this state, and the product isable to return to Active State by responding to any potential inputs, including external
electrical stimulus (e.g., network stimulus, fax call, or remote control) and direct physicalintervention (e.g., activating a physical switch or button).

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2) Off Mode: The power state that the product enters when it has been manually or automaticallyswitched off but is still plugged in and connected to the mains. This mode is exited whenstimulated by an input, such as a manual power switch or clock timer to bring the unit into Ready
State. When this state is resultant from a manual intervention by a user, it is often referred to as
Manual Off, and when it is resultant from an automatic or predetermined stimuli (e.g., a delay timeor clock), it is often referred to as Auto-off.1

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3) Sleep Mode: A reduced power state that a product enters either automatically after a period ofinactivity (i.e., Default Delay Time), in response to user manual action (e.g., at a user-set time ofday, in response to a user activation of a physical switch or button), or in response to external
electrical stimulus (e.g., network stimulus, fax call, remote control). For products evaluated under
the TEC test method, Sleep Mode permits operation of all product features (including
maintenance of network connectivity), albeit with a possible delay to transition into Active State.
For products evaluated under the OM test method, Sleep Mode permits operation of a single
active network interface, as well as a fax connection if applicable, albeit with a possible delay totransition into Active State.

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D) Media Format:

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1) Large Format: Products designed for A2 media and larger, including those designed toaccommodate continuous form media greater than or equal to 406 mm wide. Large-format
products may also be capable of printing on standard-size or small-format media.

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2) Standard Format: Products designed for standard-sized media (e.g., Letter, Legal, Ledger, A3,
A4, B4), including those designed to accommodate continuous form media between 210 mm and406 mm wide. Standard-size products may also be capable of printing on small-format media.

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a) A3-capable: Standard Format products with a paper path width equal to or greater than
275 mm.

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3) Small Format: Products designed for media sizes smaller than those defined as Standard (e.g.,
A6, 4”x6”, microfilm), including those designed to accommodate continuous form media less than
210 mm wide.

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4) Continuous Form: Products that do not use a cut-sheet media format and that are designed for
applications such as printing of bar codes, labels, receipts, banners, and engineering drawings.
Continuous Form products can be Small, Standard, or Large Format.

151E) Additional Terms:

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1) Automatic Duplexing: The capability of an MFD or printer to produce images on both sides of an
output sheet, without manual manipulation of output as an intermediate step. A product isconsidered to have automatic duplexing capability only if all accessories needed to produce a
duplex output are included with the product upon shipment.

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2) Data Connection: A connection that permits the exchange of information between the Imaging
Equipment and one external powered device or storage medium.

1 For the purposes of this specification “mains” or the “main electricity supply” refers to the input powersource, including a dc power supply for products that operate solely off dc power.
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3) Default Delay Time: The time set by the manufacturer prior to shipping that determines when the
product will enter a lower-power mode (e.g., Sleep, Auto-off) following completion of its primaryfunction.

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1624) Recovery Time: The time it takes for a device to return from a Sleep or Off Mode to a Ready
State.

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5) Digital Front-end (DFE): A functionally-integrated server that hosts other computers andapplications and acts as an interface to Imaging Equipment. A DFE provides greater functionality
to the Imaging Equipment.

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a) A DFE offers three or more of the following advanced features:
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Network connectivity in various environments;
Mailbox functionality;
Job queue management;
Machine management (e.g., waking the Imaging Equipment from a reduced powerstate);
Advanced graphic user-interface (UI);
Ability to initiate communication with other host servers and client computers (e.g.,scanning to email, polling remote mailboxes for jobs); or
Ability to post-process pages (e.g., reformatting pages prior to printing).

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b) Type 1 DFE: A DFE that draws its dc power from its own ac power supply (internal orexternal), which is separate from the power supply that powers the Imaging Equipment. This
DFE may draw its ac power directly from a wall outlet, or it may draw it from the ac power
associated with the Imaging Equipment’s internal power supply. A Type 1 DFE may be soldstandard with the Imaging Equipment product or as an accessory.

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c) Type 2 DFE: A DFE that draws its dc power from the same power supply as the Imaging
Equipment with which it operates. Type 2 DFEs must have a board or assembly with aseparate processing unit that is capable of initiating activity over the network and can bephysically removed, isolated, or disabled using common engineering practices to allow power
measurements to be made.

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Is sold with a product defined above as a Professional Imaging Product;has processor performance per socket2 equal to or greater than 20;
provides support for buffered memory (including both buffered dual in-line memory
modules (DIMMs) and buffered on board (BOB) configurations).
is packaged and sold with one or more ac-dc or dc-dc power supplies; andis designed such that all processors have access to shared system memory.

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e) Auxiliary Processing Accelerator (APA): A computing expansion add-in card installed in a
general-purpose add-in expansion slot of the DFE (e.g., GPGPU installed in a PCI slot).

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6) Network Connection: A connection that permits the exchange of information between the Imaging
Equipment and one or more external powered devices.

2 Processor performance per socket = [# of processor cores] x [processor clock speed (GHz)], where # ofcores represents the number of physical cores and processor clock speed represents the Max TDP corebase frequency for a given processor.
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7) Functional Adder: A data or network interface or other component that adds functionality to themarking engine of an Imaging Equipment product and provides a power allowance whencertifying products according to the OM method.

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8) Operational Mode (OM): For the purposes of this specification, a method of comparing productenergy performance via an evaluation of power (measured in watts) in various operating states,
as specified in Section 9 of the ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Test Method.

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9) Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC): For the purposes of this specification, a method ofcomparing product energy performance via an evaluation of typical electricity consumption(measured in kilowatt-hours) during normal operation over a specified period of time, as specified
in Section 8 of the ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Test Method.

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10) Marking Engine: The fundamental engine of an Imaging Equipment product that drives image
production. A marking engine relies upon functional adders for communication ability and image
processing. Without functional adders and other components, a marking engine cannot acquire
image data for processing and is non-functional.

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11) Base Product: The most fundamental configuration of a particular Product Model, which
possesses the minimum number of functional adders available. Optional components andaccessories are not considered part of a base product.

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12) Accessory: A piece of peripheral equipment that is not necessary for the operation of the Base
Product, but that may be added before or after shipment in order to add functionality. An
accessory may be sold separately under its own model number, or sold with a base product aspart of a package or configuration.

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13) Product Model: An Imaging Equipment product that is sold or marketed under a unique model
number or marketing name. A product model may be comprised of a base product or a baseproduct plus accessories.

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14) Product Family: A group of product models that are (1) made by the same manufacturer, (2)subject to the same ENERGY STAR certification criteria, and (3) of a common basic design.
Product models within a family differ from each other according to one or more characteristics orfeatures that either (1) have no impact on product performance with regard to ENERGY STAR
certification criteria, or (2) are specified herein as acceptable variations within a product family.
For Imaging Equipment, acceptable variations within a product family include:

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d) Electronic components not associated with the marking engine of the Imaging Equipment
product, including Type 1 and Type 2 DFEs.

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2.1

Included Products

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2.1.1

Commercially-available products that meet one of the Imaging Equipment definitions in
Section 1.A) and are capable of being powered from (1) a wall outlet, (2) a data or network
connection, or (3) both a wall outlet and a data or network connection, are eligible for
ENERGY STAR certification, with the exception of products listed in Section 2.2.

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2.1.2

An Imaging Equipment product must further be classified as either “TEC” or “OM” in Table
1, below, depending on the method of ENERGY STAR evaluation.

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Table 1: Evaluation Methods for Imaging Equipment (New or Remanufactured)
Equipment TypeMedia Format

Marking Technology

Digital Duplicator
Mailing MachineStandard
All

Large
Small
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StencilDT, EP, IJ, TT
High Performance IJ,
DT, DS, EP, SI, TT
IJ, Impact
High Performance IJ,
DT, DS, EP, IJ, SI, TT
High Performance IJ,
DT, DS, EP, SI, TT
IJ, Impact
DT, DS, EP, Impact, IJ,
SI, TT
High Performance IJHigh Performance IJ
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Multifunction Device(MFD)

Standard
LargeStandard

Printer

Scanner
Professional Imaging
Products

Large or Small

ENERGY STAR
Evaluation Method
TEC
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TEC

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eligible under the ENERGY STAR specification. Remanufactured products would be evaluated the sameas new products.

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2.2

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Products that are covered under other ENERGY STAR product specifications are noteligible for certification under this specification. The list of specifications currently in effectcan be found at www.energystar.gov/products.

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Products that satisfy one or more of the following conditions are not eligible for ENERGYSTAR certification under this specification:

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i. Products that are designed to operate directly on three-phase power;ii. Standalone Copiers; andiii. Standalone Fax Machines.
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CERTIFICATION CRITERIA

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3.1

Significant Digits and Rounding

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All calculations shall be carried out with directly measured (unrounded) values.

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3.1.2

Unless otherwise specified, compliance with specification limits shall be evaluated using
directly measured or calculated values without any benefit from rounding.

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Directly measured or calculated values that are submitted for reporting on the ENERGYSTAR website shall be rounded to the nearest significant digit as expressed in thecorresponding specification limit.

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General Requirements

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Additional Cordless Handset: Fax machines and MFDs with fax capability that are soldwith additional cordless handsets shall use an ENERGY STAR certified handset, or one
that meets the ENERGY STAR Telephony specification when tested to the ENERGYSTAR test method on the date the Imaging Equipment product is certified as ENERGY
STAR. The ENERGY STAR specification and test method for telephony products may befound at www.energystar.gov/products.

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3.2.3

Functionally Integrated MFD: If a MFD consists of a set of functionally integrated
components (i.e., the MFD is not a single physical device), the sum of the measured
energy or power consumption for all components shall be less than or equal to therelevant MFD energy or power consumption requirements for ENERGY STAR
certification.

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DFE Requirements for Non-Professional Imaging Products: The Typical Electricity
Consumption (TECDFE) of a Type 1 or Type 2 DFE sold with an Imaging Equipment
product at the time of sale shall be calculated using Equation 1 for a DFE without Sleep
Mode or Equation 2 for a DFE with Sleep Mode. The resulting TECDFE value shall be lessthan or equal to the maximum TECDFE requirement specified in Table 2 for the given DFE
type.

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External Power Supply (EPS): Single- and Multiple-voltage EPSs shall meet the Level VIor higher performance requirements under the International Efficiency Marking Protocol
when tested according to the Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy
Consumption of External Power Supplies, Appendix Z to 10 CFR Part 430.

Single-voltage EPSs shall include the Level VI or higher marking.
Multiple-voltage EPSs meeting Level VI or higher shall include the Level VI or higher
marking.
iii. Additional information on the Marking Protocol is available
at http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005-0218.
iv. The above requirements shall not apply to any EPSs shipped with a Digital Front End (DFE).

For Type 1 DFEs that meet the relevant TECDFE requirement, the DFE should be excluded
from the TEC energy or OM power measurements.
ii. For Type 2 DFEs that meet the relevant TECDFE requirement, the TEC value or Ready Statepower of the DFE should be subtracted or excluded from the TEC energy or OM power
measurements of the Imaging Equipment product.
iii. Section 3.3.2 provides further detail on subtracting TECDFE values from TEC products withType 2 DFEs;
iv. Section 3.5.2 provides further detail for excluding Type 2 DFE power from OM Sleep and Off
Mode levels.

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Imaging Equipment products with DFEs that fail to meet these requirements may be certified
without subtracting or excluding the DFE power from that of the Imaging Equipment productas a whole. The combined energy consumption of the DFE and the Imaging Equipment must
be below the appropriate requirement.

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Equation 1: TECDFE Calculation for Digital Front Ends without Sleep ModeTEC DFE =

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Where:• TECDFE is the typical weekly energy consumption for DFEs, expressed inkilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.1 kWh for reporting;• PDFE_READY is Ready State power measured in the test procedure in watts.

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Equation 2: TECDFE Calculation for Digital Front Ends with Sleep ModeTEC DFE =316(45  P

DFE _ READY) + (123  P

DFE _ SLEEP

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1000

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Where:• TECDFE is the typical weekly energy consumption for DFEs, expressed inkilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.1 kWh for reporting;• PDFE_READY is the DFE Ready State power measured in the test procedure inwatts.
• PDFE_SLEEP is the DFE Sleep Mode power measured in the test procedure inwatts.

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Table 2: Maximum TECDFE Requirements for Type 1 and Type 2 DFEs

DFE
Category

Category Description
All DFEs that do not meet the definition of Category B will beconsidered under Category A for ENERGY STAR certification.

A

Maximum TECDFE(kWh/week)
Type 1
Type 2
DFE
DFE
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To be certified under Category B DFEs must have:B

2 or more physical CPUs or 1 CPU and ≥ 1 discrete Auxiliary
Processing Accelerators (APAs)

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3.2.5

Default Delay Time Requirements for Non-Professional Imaging Products: Measured
Default Delay Time to Sleep (tDEFAULT) shall be less than or equal to the Required Default
Delay Time to Sleep (tDEFAULT_REQ) requirement specified in Table 3, subject to thefollowing conditions:

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When reporting data and certifying products that can enter Sleep Mode in multiple ways,
partners should reference a Sleep level that can be reached automatically. If the product iscapable of automatically entering multiple, successive Sleep levels, it is at the manufacturer’s
discretion which of these levels is used for certification purposes; however, the default-delay
time provided must correspond with whichever level is used.

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Default Delay Time does not apply to OM products that can meet Sleep Mode requirements
in Ready State.
iii. The Default Delay Time to Sleep may not be adjusted by the user to be greater than the
Maximum Delay Times to Sleep Adjustable by the User, as specified in Table 4.

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Table 3: Required Default Delay Time to Sleep for OM and TEC Products

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Required Default
Delay Time to Sleep,tDEFAULT_REQ
for MFDs, Scanners,
Mailing Machines, andDigital Duplicatorswith Copying
Capability (minutes)
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Monochrome ProductSpeed, s, as Calculated in
the Test Method(ipm or mppm)s ≤ 10
10 < s ≤ 20
20 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 50
s > 50Required Default Delay
Time to Sleep,tDEFAULT_REQ, for Printers
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Capability(minutes)
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Table 4: Maximum Delay Times to Sleep Adjustable by the User354

All Devices with a
Monochrome ProductSpeed, ss ≤ 30s > 30Maximum Delay Times forSleep Mode Adjustable by
the User (min)
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3.3

Requirements for Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) Products, Excluding
Professional Imaging Products
3.3.1

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Automatic Duplexing Capability: For all MFDs and printers subject to the TEC test method,
automatic duplexing capability shall be integral to the base product and duplex printing
must be set as default for products with speed greater than those specified in Table 5.
Printers whose intended function is to print on special single-sided media for the purposeof single sided printing (e.g., release coated paper for labels, direct thermal media, etc.)
are exempt from this requirement.
Table 5: Automatic Duplexing Requirements for
all TEC MFDs and Printers
Product Type
Color
Monochrome

Product Speed (ipm)s > 19s > 24

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Typical Electricity Consumption: Calculated Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC2018) per
Equation 3 or Equation 4 shall be less than or equal to the Maximum TEC Requirement(TECMAX) specified in Equation 6.
For Imaging Equipment with a Type 2 DFE that meets the Type 2 DFE maximum TECDFE
requirement in Table 2, the measured energy consumption of the DFE shall be divided by
0.80 to account for internal power supply losses and then excluded when comparing the
product’s measured TEC value to TECMAX and for reporting.

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For Imaging Equipment with a DFE that does not meet the DFE maximum TECDFE
requirement, the measured TEC value must meet the TECMAX without any subtractions or
exclusions for the DFE.
iii. The DFE shall not interfere with the ability of the Imaging Equipment to enter or exit its lowerpower modes.

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Example: A printer’s total TEC result is 24.50 kWh/wk and its Type 2 TECDFE value calculated in Section
3.2.4 is 9.0 kWh/wk. The TECDFE value is then divided by 0.80 to account for internal power supply losses
with the Imaging Equipment in Ready State, resulting in 11.25 kWh/wk. The power supply adjusted value
is subtracted from the tested TEC value: 24.50 kWh/wk – 11.25 kWh/wk = 13.25 kWh/wk. This
13.25 kWh/wk result is then compared to the relevant TECMAX to determine certification.

386
387

iv. For printers, digital duplicators with print capability, and MFDs with print capability, TEC shallbe calculated per Equation 3.

388
389

Equation 3: TEC Calculation for Printers, Fax Machines, Digital Duplicatorswith Print Capability, and MFDs with Print Capability

390

 


N
E

 E
TEC 2018 = 5   E JOB _ DAILY + (2  EFINAL ) + 24 − JOBS − (2  t FINAL )  SLEEP  + 48  SLEEP ,16
t SLEEP  t SLEEP 
 

391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405

Where:• TEC2018 is the typical weekly energy consumption for printers, digital
duplicators with print capability, and MFDs with print capability, expressedin kilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.01 kWh for reporting;• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, as calculated per Equation 5, in kWh;
• EFINAL is the final energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh;• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure,• tFINAL is the final time to Sleep, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to hours;• ESLEEP is the Sleep energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh; and• tSLEEP is the Sleep time, as measured in the test procedure, converted to hours.

v.

For digital duplicators without print capability and MFDs without print capability, TEC shall becalculated per Equation 4.

406
407

Equation 4: TEC Calculation for Digital Duplicators without Print Capability
and MFDs without Print Capability

408

 


N
E

 E
TEC 2018 = 5   E JOB _ DAILY + (2  E FINAL ) + 24 − JOBS − (2  t FINAL )  AUTO  + 48  AUTO ,
16
t AUTO  t AUTO 
 

409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418

Where:• TEC2018 is the typical weekly energy consumption for digital duplicators
without print capability and MFDs without print capability, expressed inkilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.01 kWh for reporting;• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, as calculated per Equation 5, in kWh;
• EFINAL is the final energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh;• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure;• tFINAL is the final time to Sleep, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to hours;
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420
421
422
423
424

•
•

EAUTO is the Auto-off energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh; andtAUTO is the Auto-off time, as measured in the test procedure, converted tohours..

vi. Daily Job Energy shall be calculated per Equation 5.
Equation 5: Daily Job Energy Calculation for TEC Products
1𝐸[2 × 𝐸𝐽𝑂𝐵1 + (𝑁𝐽𝑂𝐵𝑆 − 2) × 𝐽𝑂𝐵2+𝐸𝐽𝑂𝐵3 +𝐸𝐽𝑂𝐵4425

𝐸𝐽𝑂𝐵_𝐷𝐴𝐼𝐿𝑌 =

426
427
428
429
430

Where:• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh);• EJOBi is the energy of the ith job, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to kWh; and• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure.

431

Equation 6: Maximum TEC Requirement Calculation

432

TECMAX = TEC REQ + AdderA3 + AdderWi − Fi ,

433
434
435
436
437
438
439

4

3

],

Where:• TECMAX is the maximum TEC requirement in kilowatt-hours per week
(kWh/wk), rounded to the nearest 0.01 kWh/wk for reporting;• TECREQ is the TEC requirement specified in Table 6, in kWh;
• AdderA3 is a 0.05 kWh/wk allowance provided for A3-capable products; and• AdderWi-Fi is a 0.1 kWh/wk allowance provided for products with Wi-Fi
enabled as shipped during the test..

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Table 6: TEC Requirement

Color
Capability
Monochrome
Non-MFD

Monochrome
MFD

Color
Non-MFD

Color
MFD

441

3.3.3

442
443
444
445

i.

446
447

3.3.4

448
449
450
451
452
453

i.

454
455

Monochrome
Product Speed, s,
as Calculated in
the Test Method(ipm)s ≤ 2020 < s ≤ 40
40 < s ≤ 60
60 < s ≤ 135
s > 135s ≤ 2020 < s ≤ 40
40 < s ≤ 60
60 < s ≤ 80
s > 80s ≤ 2020 < s ≤ 40
40 < s ≤ 60
s > 60s ≤ 2020 < s ≤ 40
40 < s ≤ 60
60 < s ≤ 80
s > 80TECREQ(kWh/wk, rounded to thenearest 0.01 kWh/wk
for reporting)
0.226
0.018 × s – 0.152
0.025 × s – 0.439
0.049 × s – 1.903
0.183 × s – 20.127
0.263
0.018 × s – 0.115
0.016 × s – 0.033
0.037 × s – 1.314
0.086 × s – 5.283
0.275
0.032 × s – 0.397
0.002 × s + 0.833
0.100 × s – 5.145
0.254
0.024 × s – 0.250
0.011 × s + 0.283
0.055 × s – 2.401
0.118 × s – 7.504

Additional Test Results Reporting Requirements:
DFE model name/number, Ready State power, Sleep Mode power, and TECDFE shall bereported for any Type 1 DFE sold with an Imaging Equipment product, including those nottested with the Imaging Equipment product as part of the highest energy using configuration
per Section 4.2.1.iii.
Recovery Time: Recovery Time, tR_TEC as calculated per Equation 7, shall be less than orequal to the Maximum Recovery Time, tR_MAX, subject to the following requirements:

For models with a shorter Default Delay Time to Sleep as found in Table 7, tR_MAX shall becalculated per Equation 8.
ii. For models with a longer Default Delay Time to Sleep as found in Table 7, tR_MAX shall becalculated per Equation 9.
iii. Models with a Default Delay Time to Sleep greater than any found in Table 7 shall not be
subject to a Recovery Time requirement.
Example: A 25 ipm MFD with a default sleep delay of 40 minutes (acceptable per Table 3) but fallingoutside Table 7 is not subject to a recovery time requirement.

456
457
458

iv. Recovery times from various modes (Active 0, Active 1, Active 2 times) shall be reported forall products tested using the TEC test method.

459

Equation 7: TEC Recovery Time

460

𝑡𝑅_𝑇𝐸𝐶 = 𝑡𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒1 − 𝑡𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒0 ,ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Imaging Equipment – Eligibility Criteria

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462
463
464
465
466

Where:

467

Table 7: Determination of Maximum Recovery Time••𝑡𝑅_𝑇𝐸𝐶 is TEC Recovery Time;𝑡𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒1 is the time from Sleep Mode to the first sheet exiting the unit, in•seconds, as measured per the test method; and𝑡𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒0 is the time from Ready State to the first sheet exiting the unit, inseconds, as measured per the test method.

Print Speed,s (ipm)0<s≤5
5 < s ≤ 10
10 < s ≤ 20
20 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 40
s > 40Maximum Default
Delay Time to Sleep
Values to Permit
Applicability of
Shorter Recovery
Time in Equation 8.
(minutes)
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 5
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 10
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 10
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 10
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 10
0 < tDEFAULT ≤ 15

Maximum Default
Delay Time to Sleep
Values to Permit
Applicability ofLonger Recovery
Time in Equation 9(minutes)tDEFAULT > 5
10 < tDEFAULT ≤ 15
10 < tDEFAULT ≤ 20
10 < tDEFAULT ≤ 30
10 < tDEFAULT ≤ 45
15 < tDEFAULT ≤ 45

468
469
470

Equation 8: Maximum Recovery Time for Models with Shorter Default Delay Times to Sleep, as
Indicated in Table 7471

𝑡𝑅_𝑀𝐴𝑋 = min(0.42 × 𝑠 + 5, 30),

472
473
474
475
476

Where:•••

𝑡𝑅_𝑀𝐴𝑋 is Maximum Recovery Time, in seconds;
𝑠 is the product speed; and𝑚𝑖𝑛 is the minimum function (i.e., the Maximum Recovery Time shall be thelesser of 0.42 × 𝑠 + 5 or 30 seconds).

477
478

Equation 9: Maximum Recovery Time for Models with Longer Default Delay Times to Sleep, as
Indicated in Table 7479

𝑡𝑅_𝑀𝐴𝑋 = min(0.51 × 𝑠 + 15, 60),

480
481
482
483
484

485

Where:•••

3.4

𝑡𝑅_𝑀𝐴𝑋 is Maximum Recovery Time, in seconds;
𝑠 is the product speed; and𝑚𝑖𝑛 is the minimum function (i.e., the Maximum Recovery Time shall be thelesser of 0.51 × 𝑠 + 15 or 60 seconds).

Requirements for Professional Imaging Products

486
487
488
489
490
491

3.4.1

492
493

i.

DFE Requirements for Professional Imaging Products: The Typical Electricity
Consumption (TECDFE) of a Type 1 or Type 2 DFE sold with an Imaging Equipment
product at the time of sale shall be calculated using Equation 10 for a DFE without Sleep
Mode or Equation 11 for a DFE with Sleep Mode. The resulting TECDFE value shall be lessthan or equal to the maximum TECDFE requirement specified in Table 8 for the given DFE
type.
For Type 1 DFEs that meet the relevant TECDFE requirement, the DFE should be excluded
from the TEC energy

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495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510

511
512
513
514
515
516

517

518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526

ii.

For Type 2 DFEs that meet the relevant TECDFE requirement, the TEC value of the DFE
should be subtracted from the TEC energy measurements of the Imaging Equipment product.
iii. For Imaging Equipment with a DFE that does not meet the DFE maximum TECDFE
requirement, the measured TEC value must meet the TECMAX without any exclusions for the
DFE.
iv. Sections 3.4.3i and 3.4.3ii provide further detail on subtracting TECDFE values from TEC
products;
v. Imaging Equipment products with Type 2 DFEs that fail to meet these requirements may becertified without subtracting the DFE power from that of the Imaging Equipment product as awhole. The combined energy consumption of the DFE and the Imaging Equipment must be
below the appropriate requirement.
vi. The requirements in this section are not applicable to DFEs which meet the Professional DFE
definition, though their energy consumption may be excluded from that of the imaging
equipment and shall be reported with the ENERGY STAR certified Professional Imaging
Equipment.

Equation 10: TECDFE Calculation for Digital Front Ends without Sleep ModeTEC DFE =168  PDFE _ READY
1000

Where:• TECDFE is the typical weekly energy consumption for DFEs, expressed inkilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.1 kWh for reporting;• PDFE_READY is Ready State power measured in the test procedure in watts.

Equation 11: TECDFE Calculation for Digital Front Ends with Sleep ModeTEC DFE =(45  P

DFE _ READY) + (123  P

DFE _ SLEEP

)

1000

Where:• TECDFE is the typical weekly energy consumption for DFEs, expressed inkilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest 0.1 kWh for reporting;• PDFE_READY is the DFE Ready State power measured in the test procedure inwatts.
• PDFE_SLEEP is the DFE Sleep Mode power measured in the test procedure inwatts.

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528

Table 8: Maximum TECDFE Requirements for Type 1 and Type 2 DFEs forProfessional Imaging Products

DFE
Category

Category Description
All DFEs that do not meet the definition of Category B will beconsidered under Category A for ENERGY STAR certification.

A

Maximum TECDFE(kWh/week)
Type 1
Type 2
DFE
DFE
10.9

8.7

22.7

18.2

To be certified under Category B DFEs must have:B

2 or more physical CPUs or 1 CPU and ≥ 1 discrete Auxiliary
Processing Accelerators (APAs)

529
530

3.4.2

531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541

i.

542
543
544

3.4.3

545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553

i.

ii.

Automatic Duplexing Capability:
For all Professional Imaging Products, automatic duplexing capability shall be present at thetime of purchase. Professional Imaging Products whose intended function is to print on
special single-sided media for the purpose of single sided printing (e.g., release coated paper
for labels, direct thermal media, etc.,) are exempt.
If a product is not certain to be bundled with an automatic duplex tray, the partner must makeclear in their product literature, on their Web site, and in institutional sales literature that
although the product meets the ENERGY STAR energy efficiency requirements, the productonly fully qualifies for ENERGY STAR when bundled with or used with a duplexer tray. EPA
asks that partners use the following language to convey this message to customers:"Achieves ENERGY STAR energy savings; product fully qualifies when packaged with (orused with) a duplex tray."
Typical Electricity Consumption: Calculated Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) per
Equation 12 or Equation 13 shall be less than or equal to the Maximum TEC Requirement(TECMAX) specified in Equation 15 to the nearest 0.1 kilowatt-hour.

For Professional Imaging Products with a Type 2 DFE that meet the Type 2 DFE maximum
TECDFE requirement found in Table 8, the measured energy consumption of the DFE, shall be
divided by 0.80 to account for internal power supply losses, and then be excluded whencomparing the product’s measured TEC value to TECMAX.
ii. For Imaging Equipment with a DFE that does not meet the DFE maximum TECDFE
requirement, the measured TEC value must meet the TECMAX without any exclusions for theDFE.
iii. The DFE shall not interfere with the ability of the imaging product to enter or exit its lowerpower modes.

554
555
556
557
558

Example: A printer’s total TEC result is 24.50 kWh/wk and its Type 2 TECDFE value calculated in Section
3.2.4 is 9.0 kWh/wk. The TECDFE value is then divided by 0.80 to account for internal power supply losses
with the Imaging Equipment in Ready Mode, resulting in 11.25 kWh/wk. The power supply adjusted value
is subtracted from the tested TEC value: 24.50 kWh/wk – 11.25 kWh/wk = 13.25 kWh/wk. This
13.25 kWh/wk result is then compared to the relevant TECMAX to determine qualification

559
560

iv. For Professional Imaging Products with print capability, and MFDs with print capability, TEC
shall be calculated per Equation 12.

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Equation 12: TEC Calculation for Professional Imaging Products

562



E
E
TEC = 5   E JOB _ DAILY + (2  E FINAL ) + 24 − ( N JOBS  0.25) − (2  t FINAL )  SLEEP  + 48  SLEEP ,t SLEEP t SLEEP


563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577

Where:• TEC is the typical weekly energy consumption for professional imaging
products, expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh) and rounded to the nearest
0.1 kWh for reporting;• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, as calculated per Equation 14, in kWh;
• EFINAL is the final energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh;• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure,• tFINAL is the final time to Sleep, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to hours;• ESLEEP is the Sleep energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh; and• tSLEEP is the Sleep time, as measured in the test procedure, converted to hours.

v.

For Professional Imaging Products without print capability, TEC shall be calculated per
Equation 13.

578

Equation 13: TEC Calculation for Professional Imaging Products without Print Capability

579



E
E
TEC = 5   E JOB _ DAILY + (2  E FINAL ) + 24 − ( N JOBS  0.25) − (2  t FINAL )  AUTO  + 48  AUTO ,t AUTO t AUTO


580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594

Where:• TEC is the typical weekly energy consumption for professional imaging
products without print capability, expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh) androunded to the nearest 0.1 kWh for reporting;• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, as calculated per Equation 14 in kWh;
• EFINAL is the final energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh;• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure;• tFINAL is the final time to Sleep, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to hours;• EAUTO is the Auto-off energy, as measured in the test procedure, converted tokWh; and• tAUTO is the Auto-off time, as measured in the test procedure, converted tohours.

vi. Daily Job Energy shall be calculated per Equation 14.

595

Equation 14: Daily Job Energy Calculation for Professional Imaging Products

596

E+ E JOB3 + E JOB 4 E JOB _ DAILY = (2  E JOB1 ) +  ( N JOBS − 2)  JOB 2
,
3



597
598
599
600
601
602

Where:• EJOB_DAILY is the daily job energy, expressed in kilowatt-hours (kWh);• EJOBi is the energy of the ith job, as measured in the test procedure, converted
to kWh; and• NJOBS is the number of jobs per day, as calculated in the test procedure.

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Equation 15: Maximum TEC Requirement Calculation for Professional Imaging Products

604

TECMAX = TEC REQ + AdderA3 ,

605
606
607
608
609

610

Where:• TECMAX is the maximum TEC requirement in kilowatt-hours per week
(kWh/wk);• TECREQ is the TEC requirement specified in Table 9, in kWh; and• AdderA3 is a 0.3 kWh/wk allowance provided for A3-capable products.

Table 9: TEC Requirement Before A3 Allowance (If Applicable) for Professional Imaging Products

Color
Capability

Monochrome
Non-MFD

Monochrome
MFD

Color
Non-MFD

Color
MFD

Monochrome
Product Speed,s, as Calculated
in the Test
Method(ipm)s≤55 < s ≤ 20
20 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 40
40 < s ≤ 65
65 < s ≤ 90
s > 90s≤5
5 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 50
50 < s ≤ 80
s > 80s ≤ 10
10 < s ≤ 15
15 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 75
s > 75s ≤ 10
10 < s ≤ 15
15 < s ≤ 30
30 < s ≤ 70
70 < s ≤ 80
s > 80TECREQ(kWh/week, rounded to
the nearest 0.1 kWh/week
for reporting)
0.3( s x 0.04 ) + 0.1( s x 0.06 ) – 0.3( s x 0.11 ) – 1.8( s x 0.16 ) – 3.8( s x 0.2 ) – 6.4( s x 0.55 ) – 37.9
0.4
( s x 0.07 ) + 0.05
( s x 0.11 ) – 1.15
( s x 0.25 ) – 8.15
( s x 0.6 ) – 36.15
1.3( s x 0.06 ) + 0.7( s x 0.15 ) – 0.65
( s x 0.2 ) – 2.15
( s x 0.7 ) – 39.65
1.5( s x 0.1 ) + 0.5( s x 0.13 ) + 0.05
( s x 0.2 ) – 2.05
( s x 0.7 ) – 37.05( s x 0.75 ) – 41.05

611
612

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613
614
615

3.4.4

Additional Test Results Reporting Requirements: Recovery times from various modes(Active 0, Active 1, Active 2 times) and Default Delay Time shall be reported for all
products tested using the TEC test method.

616
617
618
619

3.4.5

DFE model name/number, Ready State power, Sleep Mode power, and TECDFE shall bereported for any Type 1 DFE sold with an Imaging Equipment product, including those nottested with the Imaging Equipment product as part of the highest energy using
configuration per Section 4.2.1.iii.

620

3.5

Requirements for Operational Mode (OM) Products

621
622
623
624

3.5.1

Multiple Sleep Modes: If a product is capable of automatically entering multiple successive
Sleep Modes, the same Sleep Mode shall be used to determine certification under the
Default Delay Time to Sleep requirements specified in Section 3.2.5 and the Sleep Modepower consumption requirements specified in Section 3.5.3.

625
626
627

3.5.2

DFE Requirements: For Imaging Equipment with a Type 2 DFE that relies on the Imaging
Equipment for its power, and that meets the appropriate maximum TECDFE requirementfound in Table 2, the DFE power shall be excluded subject to the following conditions:

628
629

i.

Ready State power of the DFE, as measured in the test method, shall be divided by 0.60 toaccount for internal power supply losses.

630
▪

631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649

Sleep Mode Requirements: If the resultant power in Paragraph i, above, is less than orequal to the Ready State or Sleep Mode power of the Imaging Equipment product as awhole, then the power shall be excluded from the measured Ready State or Sleep Modepower of the Imaging Equipment product as a whole when comparing to the Sleep Mode
requirements in Section 3.5.3, below, and for reporting.
Otherwise, the Sleep Mode power of the DFE, as measured in the test method, shall be
divided by 0.60 and excluded from the Ready or Sleep Mode power of the Imaging
Equipment for comparing to the requirements, and for reporting.

▪

Off Mode Requirements: If the resultant power in Paragraph i, above, is less than orequal to the Ready State, Sleep Mode, or Off Mode power of the Imaging Equipment as awhole, then the power shall be excluded from the Ready State, Sleep Mode, or Off Modepower of the Imaging Equipment product as a whole when comparing to the Off Mode
requirements in Section 3.5.4, below, and for reporting.
Otherwise, the Sleep Mode power of the DFE, as measured in the test method, shall be
divided by 0.60 and excluded from the Ready State, Sleep Mode, or Off Mode power of
the Imaging Equipment for comparing to the requirements, and for reporting.

650
651
652
653
654
655
656

ii.

The DFE must not interfere with the ability of the Imaging Equipment to enter or exit its lowerpower modes.
iii. Imaging Equipment products with Type 2 DFEs that fail to meet these requirements may becertified without subtracting the DFE power from that of the Imaging Equipment product as awhole. The combined energy consumption of the DFE and the Imaging Equipment must be
below the appropriate requirement.

657
658
659
660
661
662

Examples: Product 1 is an Imaging Equipment product whose Type 2 DFE has no distinct sleep mode.
The Type 2 DFE has measured Ready State and Sleep Mode power both equal to 30 watts. The
measured Sleep Mode power of the product is 53 watts. When subtracting 50 watts (30 watts / 0.60) fromthe measured Sleep Mode power of the product, 53 watts, the resulting 3 watts is the Sleep Mode powerof the product for use in the criteria limits below.
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663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670

Product 2 is an Imaging Equipment product whose Type 2 DFE goes to sleep when the Imaging
Equipment goes to sleep during testing. The Type 2 DFE has measured DFE Ready State and Sleep
Mode power equal to 30 watts and 5 watts, respectively. The measured Sleep Mode power of the productis 12 watts. When subtracting 50 watts (30 watts / 0.60) from the measured Sleep Mode power of the
product, 12 watts, the result is -38 watts. In this case, instead subtract 8.33 watts (5 watts / 0.60) from themeasured Sleep Mode power of the product, 12 watts, resulting in 3.67 watts which is used in the criteria
limits below.

671
672
673

3.5.3

674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681

i.

Sleep Mode Power Consumption: Measured Sleep Mode power consumption (PSLEEP)
shall be less than or equal to the maximum Sleep Mode power consumption requirement(PSLEEP_MAX) determined per Equation 16, subject to the following conditions:

Only those interfaces that are present and used during the test, including any fax interface,
may be considered functional adders.
ii. Product functionality offered through a DFE shall not be considered a functional adder.
iii. A single interface that performs multiple functions may be counted only once.
iv. Any interface that meets more than one interface type definition shall be classified according
to the functionality used during the test.
v. For products that meet the Sleep Mode power requirement in Ready State, no further
automatic power reductions are required to meet Sleep Mode requirements.

682
683
684

Equation 16: Calculation of Maximum Sleep Mode Power
Consumption Requirement for OM products

685

PSLEEP _ MAX = PMAX _ BASE + AdderINTERFACE +  AdderOTHER

686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700

n

m

1

1

Where:• PSLEEP_MAX is the maximum Sleep Mode power consumption requirement,
expressed in watts (W), and rounded to the nearest 0.1 watt for reporting;• PMAX_BASE is the maximum Sleep Mode power allowance for the base marking
engine, as determined per Table 10, in watts;• AdderINTERFACE is the power allowance for the interface functional adders usedduring the test, including any fax capability, and as selected by the
manufacturer from Table 11, in watts;• n is the number of allowances claimed for interface functional adders usedduring the test, including any fax capability, and is less than or equal to 2;• AdderOTHER is the power allowance for any non-interface functional adders inuse during the test, as selected by the manufacturer from Table 11, in watts;
and• m is the number of allowances claimed for any non-interface functional
adders in use during the test, and is unlimited.

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Table 10: Sleep Mode Power Allowance for Base Marking Engine

MFD

Printer

Small
Standard

x
x
x

x
x

Not
Applicable

x
x
x

Large

Large
702
703

x

All Other*Media Format
N/A
Standard

Ink JetProduct Type
Mailing Machine

ImpactMarking Technology

x

x
x
x

x

ScannerAnyx* “All Other” category includes High Performance Ink Jet.

704

PMAX_BASE(watts)
5.0
1.1
5.4
8.7
4.0
0.6
2.5
4.9
2.5

Table 11: Sleep Mode Power Allowances for Functional Adders

Adder
Type

Connection
Type

Max.
Data
Rate, r(Mbit/
second)r < 20Wired

20 ≤ r <500
r ≥ 500

Fax Modem
Wireless,
Radiofrequency(RF)
Wireless,
Infrared (IR)

Includes: USB 1.x, IEEE 488, IEEE
1284/Parallel/ Centronics, RS232

0.2

Any

Includes: USB 2.x, IEEE 1394/
FireWire/i.LINK, 100Mb Ethernet
Includes: USB 3.x,1G Ethernet
Includes: Flash memory-card/smartcard readers, camera interfaces,
PictBridge
Applies to MFDs only.

Any

Includes: Bluetooth, 802.11

2.0

Any

Includes: IrDA.

0.1

Any

Interface

Details

Functional
Adder
Allowance(watts)Cordless
Handset

N/A

N/A

MemoryN/A

N/A

Capability of the imaging product tocommunicate with a cordlesshandset. Applied only once,
regardless of the number of cordlesshandsets the product is designed tohandle. Does not address the power
requirements of the cordless handset
itself.
Applies to the internal capacity
available in the Imaging Equipment
for storing data. Applies to allvolumes of internal memory andshould be scaled accordingly forRAM. This adder does not apply tohard disk or flash memory.

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0.4
0.5
0.2
0.2

0.8

0.5/GB

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AdderType

Connection
Type

Max.
Data
Rate, r(Mbit/
second)Power
Supply

N/A

N/A

Touch
Panel
Display

N/A

N/A

Details
Applies to both internal and external
power supplies of Mailing Machines
and Standard Format products using
Inkjet and Impact marking
technologies with nameplate output
power (POUT) greater than 10 watts.
Applies to both monochrome andcolor touch panel displays.

Functional
Adder
Allowance(watts)0.02 x(POUT –
10.0)

0.2

705
706
707
708

3.5.4

709
710
711
712
713
714

i.

Off Mode Power Consumption Off Mode power, as measured in the test procedure, shallbe less than or equal to the Maximum Off Mode power specified in Table 12, subject to thefollowing conditions.

For products that do not have an Off Mode, Sleep Mode power, as measured in the test
procedure, shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Off Mode power.
ii. For products that do not have an Off Mode or Sleep Mode, Ready State power, as measured
in the test procedure, shall be less than or equal to the Maximum Off Mode power.
iii. The Imaging Equipment shall meet the Off Mode Power requirement independent of the stateof any other devices (e.g., a host PC) connected to it.

715

Table 12: Maximum Off Mode Power Requirement
Product TypeAll OM Products

716
717
718
719

Note: Products intended for sale in the US market are subject to minimum toxicity and recyclability
requirements. Please see ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Imaging Equipment: Partner
Commitments for details.

TESTING

720
721
722
723
724

Maximum Off Mode Power(watts)0.3

4.1

Test Methods
4.1.1

When testing Imaging Equipment products, the test methods identified in Table 13 shall be
used to determine certification for ENERGY STAR.
Table 13: Test Methods for ENERGY STAR Certification
Product TypeAll Imaging Products

Test Method
ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Test Method, Rev. Nov-2018

725

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4.2

Number of Units Required for Testing

727
728
729

4.2.1

730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744

i.

745

4.2.2

A single unit of each Representative Model shall be selected for testing.

746
747
748
749
750
751
752

4.2.3

All units/configurations for which a Partner is seeking ENERGY STAR certification, mustmeet the ENERGY STAR requirements. For remanufactured products, the Partner mustassign the certified configurations an identifier in the model name/number that is unique to
ENERGY STAR certified configurations. This identifier must be used consistently inassociation with the certified configurations in marketing/sales materials and on the
ENERGY STAR list of certified products (e.g. model A1234 for baseline configurations andA1234-R for remanufactured ENERGY STAR certified configurations).

753
754
755
756
757
758

Representative Models shall be selected for testing per the following requirements for
products both sold as new and remanufactured, though new and remanufactured products
cannot coexist in the same product family and must be certified seperately

For certification of an individual product model, a product configuration equivalent to thatwhich is intended to be marketed and labeled as ENERGY STAR is considered theRepresentative Model;
ii. For certification of a product family that does not include a Type 1 DFE, the highest energy
using configuration within the family shall be considered the Representative Model. Any
subsequent testing failures (e.g., as part of verification testing) of any model in the family will
have implications for all models in the family.
iii. For certification of a product family that includes Type 1 DFE, the highest energy using
configuration of the Imaging Equipment and highest energy using DFE within the family shallbe tested for certification purposes. Any subsequent testing failures (e.g., as part ofverification testing) of any model in the family and all Type 1 DFEs sold with the Imaging
Equipment, including those not tested with the Imaging Equipment product, will have
implications for all models in the family. Imaging Equipment products that do not incorporatea Type 1 DFE may not be added to this product family for certification and must be certified
as a separate family without a Type 1 DFE.

Note: EPA believes that remanufactured products need to be tested separately from the new productlisting. In addition, these products will be required to have their own model number on the ENERGYSTAR certified product list to more easily identify those products from new products. This offers an added
benefit for brand owners by providing a clear delineation of production that will prevent both models frombeing affected should a verification testing failure occur with one. EPA has amended the testing section of
the specification to provide clarity for partners on these needs.

759
760
761
762

763
764
765
766
767

4.3

International Market Certification
4.3.1

Products shall be tested for certification at the relevant input voltage/frequency
combination for each market in which they will be sold and promoted as ENERGY STAR.

USER INTERFACE
5.1.1

Manufacturers are encouraged to design products in accordance with the user interface
standard IEEE 1621: Standard for User Interface Elements in Power Control of Electronic
Devices Employed in Office/Consumer Environments. For details, see
http://eta.LBL.gov/Controls.

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EFFECTIVE DATE

769
770
771
772
773

6.1.1

Effective Date: The Version 3 ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment specification shall takeeffect on October 11, 2019. To be certified as ENERGY STAR, a product model shallmeet the ENERGY STAR specification in effect on its date of manufacture. The date of
manufacture is specific to each unit and is the date on which a unit is considered to becompletely assembled.

774
775
776
777
778
779

6.1.2

Future Specification Revisions: EPA reserves the right to change this specification should
technological and/or market changes affect its usefulness to consumers, industry, or theenvironment. In keeping with current policy, revisions to the specification are arrived atthrough stakeholder discussions. In the event of a specification revision, please note that
the ENERGY STAR certification is not automatically granted for the life of a productmodel.

780

6.1.3

Items for Consideration in a Future Revision:

781
782
783

i.

Professional Imaging Products: EPA and DOE will continue developing the test
procedure for Professional Imaging Products, with the goal of developing requirements
based on this test procedure in a Version 4.0 specification.

784
785

ii.

Three-phase Products: These products are currently excluded from scope. EPA will
review this exclusion in a future revision.

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