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<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> There has been some interest in developing a standard set of elements for the power management of imaging equipment. Power management in this context assumes that imaging equipment has multiple power consumption states such as hibernate, sleep, standby, idle, and active, with higher power states usually corresponding to less time to come up to full speed or perhaps faster processing.  The power management elements may provide for remotely reading and perhaps setting power states, setting policy for transitioning power states, selecting default power states according to the time-of-day/day-of-week, and/or other parameters.<o:p></o:p> At a BoF (Birds of a Feather) meeting during the February Printer Working Group (PWG) face-to-face, we discussed a project to identify a set of management elements for the monitoring/management  of hardcopy imaging devices. Neither the number and nature of these elements nor the protocols by which these elements might be accessible were addressed. However, it was agreed that, before any such project were started, there would need to be significance evidence of interest  and participation on the part of equipment suppliers, management application developers and ultimate users.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> At the behest of the PWG Steering Committee, a web-accessible questionnaire has been put up at <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <tt><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0JjdjWfqkBq0vwvxgiChRg_3d_3d">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0JjdjWfqkBq0vwvxgiChRg_3d_3d</a><o:p></o:p></tt> <tt><o:p> </o:p></tt> <tt>get some measure of interest. Notice of this survey is being sent to the PWG Announce list as well as certain imaging equipment user groups. We would appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes filling out and submitting this questionnaire. Also, please pass on the link to others in the field  with an interest in this subject.<o:p></o:p></tt> <tt><o:p> </o:p></tt> <tt>Although it is not absolutely necessary unless you are representing your company, it would be helpful if you identified yourself on the survey form. The survey responses will be available only to the PWG steering Committee; your identity and specific  responses will be not be made public. Obviously, nothing  expressed in a survey response will be considered a commitment. However, the PWG will carefully consider the responses from each group to determine whether to proceed with this project; and if we do proceed, the responses and their origin will form a basis for the project scope.<o:p></o:p></tt> <tt><o:p> </o:p></tt> <tt>Thank you for your interest and input.<o:p></o:p></tt> <tt><o:p> </o:p></tt> <tt>Bill Wagner, CoChair, Workgroup for Imaging Management Solutions/PWG<o:p></o:p></tt> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>