Cecil, What matters is who the product will be marketed to. The cost has nothing to do with it. If this is a printer that is designed to be connected to a personal computer then it would be considered a digital device by the FCC. The fact that it is a digital device means that it must be tested to meet either Class A or Class B of part 15 of CFR 47. Here is what 47 CFR 15.3 Definitions has to say.
15.3 (h) Class A digital device. A digital device that is marketed for use in a commercial, industrial or business environment, exclusive of a device which is marketed for use by the general public or is intended to be used in the home. 15.3 (i) Class B digital device. A digital device that is marketed for use in a residential environment notwithstanding use in a commercial, business or industrial environments. Examples of such devices include, but are not limited to personal computers, calculators, and similar electronic devices that are marketed for use by the general public. NOTE: The responsible party may also qualify a device intended to be marketed in a commercial, business or industrial environment as a Class B device, and in fact is encouraged to do so, provided the device complies with the technical specifications for a Class B digital device. In the event that a particular type of device has been found to repeatedly cause harmful interference to radio communications, the Commission may classify such a digital device as a Class B digital device, regardless of its intended use. Kurt Andrews Compliance Engineer Tracewell Systems, Inc. 567 Enterprise Drive Westerville, Ohio 43081 voice: 614.846.6175 toll free: 800.848.4525 fax: 614.846.7791 http://www.tracewellsystems.com/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: FCC Class A and Class B testing From: Cecil A. Gittens I am in process in creating an EMC test plan for a Photo Color Printer that will be sold for about $1200.00. My question is can I test this product for either FCC Class A or B? Does the cost of a product matters if it is Class A or B for the US market? Cecil ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server. ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: [email protected] Dave Heald [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
