EcoLeaf Environmental Label Product Category Rules (PCR)
PCR No.
PCR Title
Flatbed/Sheet-fed Scanner
CA – 01
Note: These rules have been prepared for the implementation of the EcoLeaf program. Use for any other purpose in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

No.

Major
key
Prerequisites
for PCR
development

Minor key
ProductClass

Requirements

Definition

Covered are devices that are commonly used in offices, households, etc., for converting
contents that are shown in an original document such as on a piece of paper, into anelectronic image (image data) and which capture an original document of approximately
A3 or smaller in size. Not included are photo-print scanners (PCR ID. AV).
The product categories are:･ Flatbed scanner: A scanner equipped with a document table.
･ Sheet-fed scanner: A scanner with a mechanism for moving an original document.
A scanner that is equipped with a document table and possesses a mechanism formoving an original document is to be handled by categorization according to thenumber of scans per day (estimated based on the design), as follows:(a) The number of scans per day is less than 500 scans ･･･ flatbed scanner(b) The number of scans per day is 500 scans or greater ･･･ sheet-fed scanner<See Supplement Figure 1>

Scope

The main unit and the following articles (packaging materials and accessories) arecovered:1･ All packaging (except for those commonly used repeatedly such as in grouped
packaging for transportation)2･ Accessories cover only those articles for achieving the product’s functions,
including scanner drivers provided on a floppy disk, a CD-ROM, or the like, manuals
on paper or CD-ROM, etc.

Stage

Scope

All lifecycle stages (all stages specified in the PEIDS of this program: production,distribution, use, and disposal/recycling)

Production
Stage
Information(Productinformation)

Product
Materials or
Raw Materials
Constitution

1) Parts handled as Parts and Similar A (parts for which processing and assembly
burdens are assessed by the company itself)
The capture unit is to be handled as Parts and Similar A. The CIS is to be purchased, and,while the CIS may not have to be handled as Parts and Similar A if its production burden
data are difficult to collect, the burden is to be entered into the calculation using theEcoLeaf base unit for "mounted circuit board".
<See Supplement Figure 2>

3ProductData
Sheet(PDS)(LCI inputdata)

2) Material category names to be listed in the product data sheet
The material names to be listed in the product data sheet are the following 11 items:
ordinary steel, SUS, aluminum, other metals, thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin,rubber, glass, paper, semiconductor substrate and wood. For those that are outside ofthese eleven items, the base unit names are to be listed.
43) Resource input amountTo be calculated in terms of mass of materials which have reached the product stage.
However, as a special case in which some of the components cannot be ascertained, if
the materials for 90% or more of the total product mass can be categorized by types,
the remainder may be prorated and converted into a percentage.
4) When open recycling/reuse is to be included
Entry into the calculations is possible by setting up a scenario considered appropriate ateach company while paying attention to the items below. The soundness of the set up
basis is subject to verification.
(1) Processes that fall in the scope of "indirect impacts".
(2) Deductions and burdens within the scope of "indirect impacts".

5Production
stageinformation(Productionsiteinformation)

Materials andenergy that areinput /consumed /disposed of1) Input and consumption items
Electricity, fuel oil A, diesel fuel, kerosene, gasoline, LNG (town gas), LPG, city tap water,industrial water supply, and groundwater
2) Discharge items
Not specified. Those deemed important at each company are to be listed.
3) Input materials

In principle, transportation burdens for the input materials (raw materials and energy)
are not entered into the calculation. However, if the assembly and the tuning of the"capture unit", which is handled as Parts and Similar A, are performed at multiple sites,
the transportation of the relevant parts between the sites is to be entered.
4) Byproducts and sub-materials
Not to be entered into the calculations.
･ Byproducts designate products that are generated in a production process
separately from the product that is produced as its main objective, and are soldwith a value.
･ Sub-materials designate materials that are input and discarded at manufacturing
sites, and not shipped with products.
Distribution
stageinformation

Producttransportation
conditions

1) Transportation from the origin of production to sales bases
Means and loading factors are based on models established by each applicant company.
2) Total domestic transportation distance
Quantification to be done with 500 km.
3) Product transportation burden from overseas to JapanFor the product transportation burden from overseas to Japan, the land, sea or airtransportation burden from the production site is to be entered into the calculations,and the total distance figure is to be set by each company.

64) Disposal/recycling of the main unit packaging
To be entered into the calculations in No. 8 "Disposal/Recycling".
Usage stage
information

7Product usage
conditions

1) Usage conditions
For Flatbed Scanners(1) Flatbed scanners (not equipped with a mechanism for moving the original
document)･ Usage is 4 days per month at 2 scans (pre-scan + actual scan) × 10 original
documents consecutively per day.
･ Number of days used per year: 48 days (the number of operating days per year iscalculated as 1 day per week x 4 weeks x 12 months = 48 days)(2) Flatbed scanners (equipped with a mechanism for moving the original document)･ Usage is 20 days per month with 1 scan (actual scan) × 50 original documents
consecutively per day･ Number of days used per year: 240 days (the number of operating days per year is
calculated as 5 days per week x 4 weeks x 12 months = 240 days)
Matters common to (1) and (2)･ A reference original document is to be established at each company.
･ An original document of A4 size in vertical orientation is to be captured in color at aresolution of 300 dpi.
･ Duration of use per day: 8 hours･ Period of use: 5 years･ Not to be energized unless under use. (Power sources, such as power cords, are tobe unplugged)･ The transition time from the stand-by state to the power-saving state is to be thevalue taken in the factory-shipped state.
･ Measurements for products powered by a standard low voltage DC power source isto conform to the note below, as stated in "ENERGY STAR(R) Qualified Imaging
Equipment Test Procedure Final Draft" issued on August 31, 2005, from the"ENERGY STAR(R) Qualified Imaging Equipment Operational Mode Test Procedure":
Note: Products powered by a standard low voltage DC supply (e.g., USB, USB PlusPower,and Power Over Ethernet) shall utilize a suitable AC-powered source of the DC power.
For an imaging equipment powered by USB, a powered hub serving only the imaging
equipment being tested shall be used. For an imaging equipment powered by PowerOver Ethernet or USB PlusPower, it is acceptable to measure the power distribution
device with and without the imaging product connected, and use the difference
between the two as the imaging product’s consumption.
For sheet-fed scanners･ For the number of sheets captured and the number of transitions to power-saving
state, the applicant devices are to be classified into the categories of the following
table, and the conditions of those categories are to be used:Category
Capture speed(from over
Xppm to Yppm
at most)Number ofsheets/day
Number oftransitions topower-saving
state/dayNumber ofcapture
operations

Low speed1

Low speed2Mediumspeed 1

Mediumspeed

High speed

0 to 25

25 to 40

40 to 60

60 to 90

90 andhigher

500

4000

8000

12000

20000

2515

105520 sheets× 25 times

267 sheets× 15 times

800 sheets ×10 times

2400 sheets
× 5 times

4000sheets × 5times･ Duration of use per day: 8 hours･ Number of days used per year: 240 days (the number of operating days per year is
calculated as 5 days per week x 4 weeks x 12 months = 240 days)･ Period of use: 5 years･ Not to be energized unless under use. (External power sources are to be in an
unplugged state)･ A reference original document is to be established at each company.
･ Capture is to be performed with: A4 sheet in vertical orientation, inmonochromatic binary, single-sided mode, at a resolution of 200 dpi.
･ The transition time from the stand-by state to the power-saving state is to be thevalue taken in the factory-shipped state.

･ The operation is to be in the standard state, without operating any function that is
not directly related to capture.
2) Quantities of regularly replaced parts and consumables used
Items:
Based on the plan at the time of the design, or on actual history.
Quantities:
Quantities used over 5 years based on the above, with fractions
rounded up to integers.
Transportation: A model based on the above is to be established at each company.
3) Conditions for disposal and recycling of regularly replaced parts and consumables areset forth in No. 8 "Disposal/Recycling".

Disposal /recycling
stage information

Product disposal/ recycling
conditions

1) Scenario set up
The "End-of-life Product Disposal/Recycling Scenario" on the separate sheet is to beadopted.
(1) The recovery routes are to have a scenario set up at each company, includingtransportation.
･ Reuse scenario･ Recycling scenario
Material-specific recycling rates (= η) are to be established at each company.
･ Non-reuse/non-recycling industrial waste management scenario(2) Non-recovery routes are to adopt the "General Disposal Scenario" (see separatesheet).
2) Deduction scenario
The "End-of-life Product Disposal/Recycling Scenario" on the separate sheet is to beadopted.
3) Recyclability and reusability criteria
The criteria are to be defined individually at each company.
4) Product recovery rate (the same applies to the "part recovery rate" for theconsumables and the replacement parts)
The value (η1) from an actual history in each company is to be adopted.
5) For product reuse
N1, the number of times a product is reused after a 5-year usage period, is set based oneach company's design values. N1 is an integer.
The above N1 is used for the burden calculation:
Parts reuse deduction amount = "reusable amount planned at time of design by eachcompany" × "product recovery rate η1" × "reusededuction ratio N1/(N1+1)"

86) For consumables and replacement parts
N2 is the number of times a target is reused during its lifetime, and n is the number of
the targets used in 5 years, with fractions rounded up to integers.
The above N2 and n are used for the burden calculation:
Parts burden = "burdens until production of one part" × "number of parts usedin 5 years (n)"Parts reuse deduction amount = "reusable amount planned at time of design by eachcompany" × "parts recovery rate η1" × "reusededuction ratio N2/(N2+1)" × "number of parts usedin 5 years (n)"7) Concrete method for entering into the calculations the processing burdens for
products or parts that are disposed of without being recycled or reused
The "End-of-life Product Disposal/Recycling Scenario" on the separate sheet is to beadopted.
8) Open recycling/reuse
When open recycling/reuse is to be included, entry into the calculations is possible bysetting up a scenario considered appropriate at each company while paying attention tothe items below. The soundness of the set up basis is subject to verification.
(1) Processes that fall in the scope of "indirect impacts".
(2) Deductions and burdens within the scope of "indirect impacts".

9Productenvironmental
informati
on datasheet(PEIDS)

Inventory
analysis

LCI calculation
formula1) When open recycling/reuse is to be included, indirect impacts and direct impacts areto be calculated separately, and among these, the indirect impact portions are to berepresented as "recycling effects". In addition, as necessary, the breakdown of therecycling effects is to be listed in the "Notes to Readers" section of the PEIDS.

Impactassessment

Categoryadditions

The items "ozone layer destruction" and "eutrophication" are to be removed from thePEIDS.

Breakdown
data
sheet
(relevanttoData
processing

Allocation

To be decided suitably, without unifying, at each company.

Datacollection

Collection range

If data cannot be obtained with a new product, or the like, data that contain theconditions at the time of design or at the time of planning may be used as substitute.

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product
datasheet)
Breakdown
datasheet(relevantto PEIDS)

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Product
environmental
information

Database

Cut-off rules

If a cut-off is to be applied to an assembly burden, or others, a clear note to this effect is
to be made and the reasons for doing so made clear.

Base unit
databaseselection

1) Assembly of purchased parts decided by each company > "Parts assembly"
2) Board part and CCD, CIS > "Mounted circuit board"3) Material of the lamp's light-emitting part > "Glass"(Note: the above are not meant to limit the use of individual base units.)

Base unit
database
additionsCharacterization
factor additions
Product specifications

None

Data publication contents

1) Statements･ The "warming burden", "acidification burden" and "energy consumption amount"
are to be entered as compulsory items, while the 5 optional items "mineral
resource burden", "energy resource burden", "usage stage electricity
consumption", "usage stage water consumption" and "soil waste amount" are tobe listed as deemed fit.
･ The following sentence is to be entered in the lower portion of the E section in thePEAD sheet:"The burdens have been calculated with __ scans per day, a monthly use of __days, and 5 years of use, for a number of scans of __ times overall".

18None1) Product category (flatbed scanner, sheet-fed scanner)･ For flatbed scanners, presence/absence of a mechanism for moving the original
documents to carry out capture (ADF)･ For sheet-fed scanners, presence/absence of a document table･ The "Personal use" or "Business use" classification
2) Capture speed3) Maximum capture document size4) Capture resolution5) Capture method (CIS, reduction optics, etc.) and imaging element (CCD, MOS, etc.)

2) Representation method･ In the E section of the PEAD sheet, the warming burdens (in terms of CO2) for eachstage and the sum of all the stages are to be represented with a bar graph.
･ If open recycling/reuse is to be included, the "recycling effect" is not to beintegrated with the actually generated burdens, and should be representedindependently with a dotted line for each stage.

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Otherenvironmentallyrelevant
information

Optional items

The following can be entered:
1) Type I and/or Type III environmental label
2) ISO 14001 certification acquisition
3) Certifications, accreditations or awards form national or industry organizations4) Hazardous substance information
Can be entered by specifying the relevant part, and for a range of 6 substances: lead,
mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, poly biphenyl bromide (PBB) andpolybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE).
5) Eco-conscious material information
Can be entered by specifying the part and the name of the material.

(Note 1) Regarding the terms:(1) Categorization of raw materials/parts (hereafter: Parts and Similar) being imported to the site
Categorization is to be made into: Parts and Similar A, Parts and Similar B, and Parts and Similar C. For information on their definitions, see theEcoLeaf product data verification documents preparation manual.
(2) Deduction
Refers to subtracting from the new environmental burdens generated due to recycling and reuse, the environmental burdens accompanying theproduction of new materials, new parts, etc., that have been reduced.
(3) Base unit
See EcoLeaf Quantification Rules, Section 5, 1(2).

<Supplement Figure 1>

<Supplement Figure 2>

Contents of a production site subject to data collection
Production site subject to datacollection

Materials/
parts production
Lens

⇒

CCD

⇒

Lightsource⇒

Purchased parts

Assembly/tuning ofcaptureunit⇒

Assemblyof mainunit

Burdens from materials flow in the production
stage are to be entered in the calculations(If the sites are different)

Information on the development/approval of this PCR
EcoLeaf deliberation
Representative: Youji Uchiyama
commissionPCR development/revision
June 7, 2006
date

Affiliation: Tsukuba University, Graduate School
Validity period

February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2017

Note: For the current PCR, the validity period is full 3 years from the development/renewal or revision with the purpose of continuation.

History of revisions, etc. for this PCR
Version No.,
Dateetc.
June 7, 2006
01
February 1, 2011
February 1, 2014

Action taken
UpdatedUpdated<Separate Sheet>
Rev. 01 2004.3.1

End-Of-Life Product Disposal/Recycling Scenario
General waste disposal fraction scenario

Non-recovery routeEnd-of-lifeproduct(General waste handling)

Reuse scenario

Recovery route

Reuse parts
amounts(Industrial waste handlingor reuse/recycling)

Repairs, tests,cleaning, etc.

Amount ofreuse parts

Amounts thatcan be reusedas parts(deduction)

Recycling scenario

Determination

Recyclable
amountFragmentation,sorting,regeneration, etc.

Amounts ofrecycling materials

Amounts thatcan be reusedas materials(deduction)

Industrial waste disposal scenario(Handling as industrial waste)

General Waste Disposal Fraction Scenario

Determination

Fragmentation

Product"Non-recovery route": route taken if entry into the calculations ismade in terms of disposal as general waste(municipalities' responsibility)(Handling ascombustible)(Handling as
non-combustible)

General waste
incineration

General waste
landfilling"Recovery route":

route taken if entry into the calculations ismade in terms of disposal as industrial waste(businesses' responsibility) or reuse/recycling