Thread Subject: Re: Potential Change to 1194.25 j(1-4)

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From: don@lexmark.com
Date: Fri, Apr 27 2007 11:10 AM

Unfortunately, I am not available next Friday for a call.

I'm a bit new to all this but exactly why should the accessibility
requirements for IT equipment be exactly the same as for "... sites,
facilities, buildings, and elements..."

Why was the difference between front-only accessible reach (48 inches) and
parallel accessible reach (54 inches) removed going from the 2002 version
to the 2005 draft? I seems clear to me that if a wheelchair can approach
a piece of IT equipment parallel, the reach of the individual onto the
equipment is greater.

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Randy Marsden < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
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04/27/2007 12:03 PM
Please respond to "TEITAC desktop/portable (hardware) subcommittee"

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Subject: Re: [teitac-hardware] Potential Change to 1194.25
j(1-4)


Don:

We discussed this briefly in today’s call, but tabled it to next week’s
meeting in hopes that you can join us and share more details about the
research you mentioned, as well as elaborate on your concerns. Apparently,
this change is coming out of the ADA-AAG. If you can’t join us next week,
then please continue to elaborate via posts to this list.

-Randy
Hardware Co-Chair
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Randy Marsden, P.Eng.
President & CEO, Madentec Limited
ATIA Global Policy Chair

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Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:46:51 -0400
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Subject: [teitac-hardware] Potential Change to 1194.25 j(1-4)



Recently, I learned of a proposed change to 1194.25k(1-4) in regards to
the maximum reach height of IT hardware.

After substantial research, Lexmark is opposed to this change. Many
larger hardcopy devices, such as multifunction devices and copiers,
especially those configured with large capacity input and output trays,
collators, mail boxes, etc. require a larger maximum reach height than 48
inches. A 54 inch reach height covers this equipment while 48 inch does
not.

I suspect other manufacturers of similar equipment share our concerns.

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Don Wright = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
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Director of Standards
Lexmark International Treasurer, IEEE Standards Association
C14/082-3 Vice-Chair, INCITS Executive Board
740 New Circle Rd Past Chair, IEEE SA Standards Board
Lexington, Ky 40550 Member, IEEE SA Board of Governors
859-825-4808 (phone) Member, IEEE CS SAB & W3C AC
603-963-8352 (fax) Director, IEEE-ISTO
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