Craig, If I remember correctly, within the last year or so, the FCC issued a statement explicitly allowing the compliance information to be issued in electronic form. I don't believe the EU has done the same.
Brent DeWitt Datex-Ohmeda Medical Louisville, CO > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org > [mailto:owner-emc-p...@majordomo.ieee.org]On Behalf Of CRAIG HENSLEY > Sent: Friday, October 30, 1998 8:36 AM > To: emc-p...@ieee.org > Subject: Electronic Documentation > > > Greetings All, > > My advance apology if this has recently been addressed. > > As a potential cost savings my company is looking at putting as much > user's documentation on CD as possible, in place of printed > documentation. > > Is it acceptable to provide the regulatory information (specifically the > FCC, Canadian EMI, VCCI, and CE statements) in soft copy format only? I > understand that any safety relevant information that is needed for the > installation and operation must be provided via "hard copy", but what > about the EMI and CE statements that supposedly no one reads anyway? > > Also, if it is acceptable to put this information on CD only, > does it have to > come up automatically so that the user has to scroll through it, thereby > ensuring that it is at least seen (but probably not read), or can > it just be > referenced in the table of contents? > > I have not been able to find any clear guidance in the FCC or European > regulations on this. > > Our products consist of removable, high-capacity computer disk drives > (Zip drive). > > Thanks for any and all inputs. > > Craig Hensley > Iomega Corp. > Roy, UT > > > --------- > This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. > To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org > with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the > quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, > j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or > roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators). > > --------- This message is coming from the emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to majord...@ieee.org with the single line: "unsubscribe emc-pstc" (without the quotes). For help, send mail to ed.pr...@cubic.com, j...@gwmail.monarch.com, ri...@sdd.hp.com, or roger.volgst...@compaq.com (the list administrators).
