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If all homes replaced their stock of imaging equipment with units meeting the new ENERGY STAR specification, Americans would save nearly $300 million annually, with an energy savings equivalent to lighting 1.4 million U.S. homes for one year.
Imaging equipment includes copiers and fax machines; digital duplicators; printers, scanners and all-in-one devices; as well as mailing machines. The current ENERGY STAR specification for imaging equipment became effective on July 1, 2009.
Copiers and fax machines are the most energy-intensive type of office equipment because they are left on for long periods of time - in some case, 24 hours per day.
Digital duplicators employ the ink-on-paper process to copy documents. A "master" copy of a document is wrapped around a print cylinder, and then ink squeezes through the cylinder into tiny holes in the master onto a sheet of paper. Digital duplicators can use environmentally friendly and biodegradable master and inks, making them an alternative to copiers for high-volume printing.
On average, imaging equipment models that meet the revised ENERGY STAR criteria will be 40% more efficient.
ENERGY STAR qualified imaging equipment:
Remember, saving energy prevents pollution.
| Current Specification Effective Date: |
July 2009 |
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In 2007, EPA revised and consolidated the four separate imaging equipment specifications (copiers and fax machines, digital duplicators, printers, scanners and multi-function devices and mailing machines) into a single specification addressing total energy consumption (TEC).
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