Kyocera selected Wind River for its real-time technology and business model. Both the output and the inner workings of page printers, copiers and other digital imaging products require an operating system that is both deterministic and fast a hard real-time system. If the engine does not get information at the exact anticipated moment or various motor assemblies are unpredictable or slow to respond to a print command, the result is a printed page with blank lines or other undesirable artifacts, and irreversible wear and tear on the entire system.
Most people never think of how a digital imaging product is built, just that it works.
To ensure reliability of these complex and finely-tuned devices, manufacturers have to be certain that they will function perfectly every time. Real-time is crucial, said Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing for Wind River Systems. Wind River s VxWorks can meet these requirements without fail. One of Kyocera s corporate philosophies is co-operative symbiosis bringing the world, mankind, and business activity together to function in harmony with nature and be sensitive to the global environment. The Ecosys printer is one culmination of this belief.