EPEAT Program
Continuous Monitoring Outcomes Report
Imaging Equipment
IE-2023-02
August 31, 2023

1.0 Background
EPEAT® is a comprehensive voluntary sustainability Type 1 ecolabel that helps purchasers identify sustainable
technology products and services. Central to EPEAT are conformity assurance activities that meet the technicalrigor and credibility needs of the institutional purchasers who rely upon EPEAT. The EPEAT Program ensures
the ongoing conformance of EPEAT-registered products through an ongoing surveillance process known asContinuous Monitoring. Continuous Monitoring activities occur throughout the year and test the ability ofParticipating Manufacturers to prove conformance with EPEAT Criteria on an ongoing basis.
Some Continuous Monitoring activities require that Investigations be conducted in discrete timeframes calledRounds. The EPEAT Program develops an individual plan for each Continuous Monitoring Round, which
specifies the EPEAT Criteria to be investigated, the method of investigation that GEC-approved Conformity
Assurance Bodies (CABs) must use and the specific dates when the Investigation activities must be completed.
The EPEAT Program also selects the Participating Manufacturers and EPEAT-registered products and assigns
Investigations to CABs, which must fully participate in and are responsible for implementing Continuous
Monitoring Round activities with their Participating Manufacturer clients. Participating Manufacturers arerequired to cooperate fully with their GEC-approved CAB during Round activities.
To maintain the level of transparency relied on by purchasers, the EPEAT Program publishes an Outcomes
Report at the conclusion of each Round to summarize the activities conducted and to identify the products andParticipating Manufacturers that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of theEPEAT Registry.
This document summarizes the activities and results of Continuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02 conductedfor the Imaging Equipment category.

2.0 Overview of Continuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02
2.1

Investigation Activities

As per the published Round Plan, Continuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02 used Level 0 Investigations, which
involve reviewing publicly available information to determine Participating Manufacturers’ conformance withspecific EPEAT Criteria. GEC-approved CABs had a discrete time period to locate and review publicly available
information to determine conformance with EPEAT Criteria selected for investigation. CABs then maderecommendations on conformity based solely on the publicly available evidence, and sent Investigation
Reports to the EPEAT Program. The EPEAT Program made the final decisions on conformity for theinvestigations.

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Criteria InvestigatedContinuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02 focused exclusively on Criteria that could be evaluated using publicly
available information. While the EPEAT Program generally tries to focus on a specific impact or issue area inselecting Criteria for investigation, the focus in this Round was instead on Criteria which have requirements tomake information publicly available.
Participating Manufacturers received up to three investigations: two of the Criteria selected for investigation
were Required Criteria, and one was an Optional Criterion. As a result, all Participating Manufacturers received
at least two investigations, and a third investigation was assigned if the manufacturer had selected theOptional Criterion. Products for investigation were selected randomly using a random number generator.

Table 1: Criteria Investigated in Round IE-2023-02
Criteria NumberCriterion Title

4.4.1.1

Early failure process

4.7.3.1

Product life cycle assessment and public disclosure of analyses
Documentation that product does not prevent the use of Non-Manufacturer
Cartridges and Non-Manufacturer Containers

4.9.2.1

3.0 Summary of Investigations and Final Decisions on Conformity for IE-2023-02
Highlights from this Continuous Monitoring Round are:
•43 investigations completed•

36 decisions of Conformance•6 decisions of Inconclusive•

1 decision of Nonconformance

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Figure 1: Final Conformity Decisions for IE-2023-02(shown as percentage of total investigations)

Note: For inconclusive findings, the EPEAT Program may require the CAB to investigate the same Criterion in a
subsequent Level 1 Round to definitively determine conformance.

4.0 Further Details on Nonconformances for IE-2023-02
Table 2 provides a further breakdown of the nonconformances by Criterion. All nonconformances must be
categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due to CAB inaction or delay not
attributable to the Participating Manufacturer.

Table 2: Breakdown of Nonconformances by Criterion for IE-2023-02
Criteria Number

Criterion Title

Total Nonconformances

4.9.2.1

Documentation that product does not prevent the use of Non-Manufacturer
Cartridges and Non-Manufacturer Containers

1

There was one nonconformance in this Round, and it was a demonstrated nonconformance.
4.1

Minor Errors Versus Nonconformances

All nonconformances must be categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due
to CAB inaction or delay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer. Minor errors are non-critical or
clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of conformance with EPEAT Criteria. Allnonconformances that do not meet the definition of minor errors are categorized as nonconformances (unlessthey are due to CAB inaction or delay).
In Continuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02, there was one nonconformance and no minor errors identified.

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Minor Errors

For Level 0 Investigations, nonconformances may be categorized as minor errors for the following reasons:••Minor human error in data entry (e.g., value cited for EPEAT-product registration is insignificantly
above or below the actual value).
Minor administrative errors (e.g., broken URLs, reports/certificates marginally outdated).

There were no minor errors identified in this Round.

5.0 Actions to Restore Conformance
Where the final conformity decision is nonconformance (including minor errors and those due to CAB inaction
or delay), Participating Manufacturers must make corrections to restore the accuracy of the EPEAT Registryduring the Corrective Action Phase. These activities may include providing additional evidence to demonstrate
conformance with the criterion or unselecting the criteria in the EPEAT Registry. Where the product was foundnonconformant and is no longer available in the marketplace, the product must be archived.
During the Corrective Action Phase, Participating Manufacturers must also develop Corrective Action Plans forother EPEAT-registered products that may be affected by the same underlying issue causing thenonconformance but were not the subject of investigation (called “similarly affected products”).
The following actions were taken to restore accuracy to the EPEAT Registry as a result of Continuous
Monitoring Round IE-2023-02:•1 investigation

Additional data provided or corrections made by Participating Manufacturer,
bringing the product into conformance with the Criterion

Table 3 in Section 7 identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances inContinuous Monitoring Round IE-2023-02.

6.0 Key Findings
6.1

Use of Exceptions Field

Participating Manufacturers are reminded that where applicable, they must identify those exceptional
configurations of an EPEAT-registered product that do not meet specific EPEAT Criteria in the exceptions fieldin the EPEAT Registry. This information is provided to enable clear identification of which configurations qualify
as EPEAT-registered.
6.2

Secondary Data Sources for Optional Criterion 4.7.3.1—Product life-cycle assessment and public
disclosure of analyses

For Optional Criterion 4.7.3.1—Product life-cycle assessment and public disclosure of analyses, Participating
Manufacturers are reminded that secondary data sources used in the LCA shall be made publicly available via
the company website, company annual sustainability report, industry sustainability index database if one isdeveloped, other relevant databases, or public disclosure systems.

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Required Criterion 4.4.1.1 – Early Failure Process

For Criterion 4.4.1.1—early failure process, Participating Manufacturers are reminded that troubleshooting,repair or replacement must be available for a product that fails prior to three years after the date of sale for
institutional products and one year after the date of sale for consumer products.

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7.0 Identification of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
In the interest of transparency, the EPEAT Program identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of the EPEAT Registry.
Minor errors are generally clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of products in the EPEAT Registry. As such, these are not identified in the table below.

Table 3: Summary of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
Participating Manufacturer

Product

Product TypeCountry

Criterion
NumberFujitsu Limited

Fujitsu fi-8170/P3810A(B075)

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United States

4.9.2.1

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Criterion Title

Documentation that productdoes not prevent the use of
Non-Manufacturer Cartridges
and Non-Manufacturer
Containers

Required orOptional

Underlying Reason for Nonconformance

Corrective Action Taken

Required

Demonstrated nonconformance

Participating Manufacturer made thenecessary corrections

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Document Control and Change History
Issue
1

Revision0

Owner
Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

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ApproverVice President,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources

Description
Initial release

Outcomes Report – Level 0 Investigations (P41C Issue1 Rev0)

Approval Date
18 Apr 23

Effective Date
19 Apr 23

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