Title :
Environmentally conscious office equipment
Author :
Inoue, Akinori ; Sato, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
The development of environmentally conscious office equipment at Fuji Xerox is described, taking digital equipment Able1250 and DocuCenter450/550 families as examples. The following are described: (1) power management at standby state; (2) energy saving of electronics circuits; (3) miniaturization of xerographic engine unit; (4) efficient duplex mechanism utilizing digital processing; and (5) reuse of machine parts and recycling of materials
Keywords :
design for environment; energy conservation; product development; recycling; Able1250; DocuCenter450/550; Fuji Xerox; digital processing; duplex mechanism; energy saving; environmentally conscious design; materials recycling; materials reuse; miniaturization; office equipment; power management; standby state; Document handling; Electronic circuits; Employment; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Facsimile; Global warming; Image processing; Printers; Recycling;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 1999. Proceedings. EcoDesign '99: First International Symposium On
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0007-2
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.1999.747644