Digital Duplicators




  1. The following criteria apply to fully automatic digital duplicators (“products”) with digital printing function.
  2. The power consumption of the product shall meet the following requirements (see Note 1):

     

    A3 model

    B4 and A4 model

     

    printer function

    printer function

     

    When operating

    Not operating

    When operating

    Not operating

    Models equipped with printing function as standard

    ≦ 35.5 W

    ≦ 28 W

    ≦ 22 W

    ≦ 20 W

    Models equipped with printing function as standard

    With printer function

    ≦ 35.5 W

    NA

    ≦ 22 W

    NA

    Without printer function

     

    ≦ 24 W

     

    ≦ 19 W

  3. Product’s plastic parts weighing more than 25 g and the ink container shall meet the following requirements (see Note 2):
    • shall not use chlorinated plastics (see Note 3);
    • shall not contain cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium or mercury and their compounds (see Note 4);
    • shall not contain the following flame retardants (see Notes 5 & 6):
      • polybrominated biphenyls, (PBBs);
      • polybrominated diphenylethers, (PBDEs): monobrominated diphenylether, dibrominated diphenylether, tribrominated diphenylether, tetrabrominated diphenylether, pentabrominated diphenylether, hexabrominated diphenylether, heptabrominated diphenylether, octabrominated diphenylether, nanobrominated diphenylether, decabrominated   diphenylether; and
      • short-chained chloroparraffins with 10-13 carbon atoms per molecule and chlorine content of greater than 50% by weight.
  4. The product shall meet the requirements of ISO 11469, which include labelling all major plastic components which weigh more than 25g or with surface area great than 200㎟, in prominent area to indicate the composition code and recycling symbol to facilitate future recycling.
  5. If the separation of labels/markings/stickers from the product is difficult, they need to be made from the same materials as the parts they are attached to.
  6. If the product contains built-in batteries, the service life of the battery shall be at least 5 years, and the contents of lead, cadmium and mercury shall meet the following requirements:
    Substance

    Lead (Pb)

    Cadmium (Cd)

    Mercury (Hg)

    Content [mg/kg]

    ≦ 15

    ≦ 5

    ≦ 5

  7. The inks used by the product shall not contain formaldehyde and halogen-containing solvents. And the product’s aromatic hydrocarbon content shall be less than 1% of the total volume for ink (see Notes 7 & 8).
  8. The inks used by the product shall not contain mercury, lead, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, arsenic, antimony, barium, selenium and their compounds. The total content of the aforementioned heavy metals due to impurities and contamination shall be less than 0.01% by weight. The inks shall also not contain triphenyltin (TPT) and tributyltin (TBT) (see Note 9).
  9. The color inks used by the product shall not contain azo dyes (see Note 10).
  10. The content of volatile organic compounds (VOC) (boiling point less than 250oC) in the inks used by the products shall be less than 5% (see Note 11).
  11. The packaging for the inks used by the product shall be labeled with information on treatment/disposal of waste inks and containers.
  12. The product shall be able to use recycled printing paper containing at least 60% of recycled paper.
  13. The product shall meet the requirements in CNS14021 with regard to disassemble design.
  14. The manufacturing process for product and its packaging shall not use substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
  15. Corrugated cartons used for product and ink packaging shall contain at least 80% recycled paper; plastic packaging shall not contain PVC or chlorine-containing plastics.
  16. The name and address of the Green Mark user must be clearly printed on the product or on the packaging material.
  17. The product or its packaging shall bear a label reading‘Energy Saving and Low Pollution'.

Notes:

  1. The product shall be tested for 1 hour (including making of master) under the conditions of continuous printing of single page original, and use the average power consumption as the test result.
  2. Determination criteria and documentation requirements for plastic components/parts weighing 25 g or more are stated in the “Determination Criteria for Plastic Parts Requiring Testing”.
  3. Determinations of chlorine content shall be based, in the order of preference, on international, national or specific industry standards, such as the NIEA R404, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm, or permissible limit as specified in the product specifications/criteria.
  4. Determinations of contents of cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium and mercury, shall be based, in the order of preference, on international, national or specific industry standards, such as US EPA 3050B/3051A/3052/3060A, and the detection limits shall be no greater than 2 ppm.
  5. Determinations of contents of polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenylethers flame retardants shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as the US EPA 3540C/8081A/8082A/8270D, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm.
  6. Determinations of contents of short-chained chloroparraffins with 10-13 carbon atoms per molecule shall be based, in the order of preference, on international, national or specific industry standards, such as the US EPA 8270D/3540C/GC-MSD, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm.
  7. Determinations of contents of formaldehyde shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as NIEA R502, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm.
  8. Determinations of contents of halogenated solvents shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as EN14582, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 2 ppm, or permissible limit as specified in the product specifications/criteria.
  9. Determinations of contents of haxavalent chromium, cadmium, lead, arsenic, antimony, barium, selenium and mercury, shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as US EPA 3060A/3050B/ 3051A/3052 or NIEA M317.01C, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm, or permissible limit as specified in the product specifications/criteria.
  10. Determinations of contents of azo dyes shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as LMBG 82.02-C, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm, or permissible limit as specified in the product specifications/criteria.
  11. Determinations of contents of volatile organic compounds shall be based on international, national or specific industry standards, such as NIEA M152.01C, and the detection limit shall be no greater than 5 ppm, or permissible limit as specified in the product specifications/criteria.

 


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Last Update Time:2007/6/19

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