Office equipment

Standardization of basic characteristics, test methods and other related items of products such as 2D and 3D Printers/Scanners, Copiers, Projectors, Fax and Systems composed of their combinations, excluding such interfaces as user system interfaces, communication interfaces and protocols.

SC 28 is one of the few product or hardware oriented subcommittees in the JTC 1 community. As such fundamental output of this group has been standards on product specification descriptors, methods for measurement of productivity of hardcopy devices, quality of hardcopy output and yield of consumables (ink and toner cartridges). SC 28 will continue the expansion of measurement methods for consumables and productivity. SC 28 will also extend the image quality assessment to support print permanence and durability. In 2015, due to the changing nature of market needs for office equipment and related technologies with increasing usage of 3D technology in the office environments, SC 28 enlarged its scope with including 3D Printers/Scanners. SC 28 will continue to monitor developments for 3D printers/scanners in the office/home space to identify areas for potential development to address customer needs. Not only 3D area, SC 28 starts to align its work program for IoT and accessibility with JTC 1 strategic directions where applicable.