CLA-2-84:S:N:N1:110 893810
Mr. Thomas J. Baldyga
Okidata
532 Fellowship Road
Mount Laurel, N.J. 08054
RE: The tariff classification of a non-impact LED page printer
from Japan.
Dear Mr. Baldyga:
In your letter dated December 30, 1993, you requested a tariff
classification ruling.
The merchandise under consideration involves a OL410e non-
impact LED page printer that will be imported without the main PCB
(control board) or the EP cartridge (print mechanism) being
assembled into the unit. This non-impact LED printer is designed
to be used as a computer output unit.
The OL410e is a compact Light Emitting Diode (LED) page
printer. It utilizes an LED head as its exposure method. Dry
electrophotography is used as the development method. The printer
has a resolution of 300 x 300 dots per inch and a continuous print
speed of up to 4 sheets per minute. The OL410e comes with both a
Centronics parallel interface or the RS-232 serial interface. The
printer has automatic interface switching capabilities, a power-
saving standby mode, free paper sizing which allows printing on
custom size paper, and graphic compression capabilities. The
OL410e utilizes 512 Kbyte of RAM memory. An optional 4 Mbyte of
RAM memory can be installed. A universal/letter cassette is
included with the printer. Legal, executive, and A4 trays may be
used. The OL410e will print on a variety of paper types, labels,
and transparencies.
Without the main PCB which functions as the control board,
and/or without the EP cartridge which functions as the print
mechanism, no printing can be performed by the OL410e page printer.
In its imported condition therefore, the lack of the control board
and the lack of the EP cartridge would represent a printer that is
without its control or print
mechanisms.
The applicable subheading for the OL410e non-impact LED page
printer imported without the main PCB control board or without the
print mechanism will be 8471.92.7200, Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTS), which provides for other printer units.
The rate of duty will be free.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Section
177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of this ruling letter should be attached to the entry
documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If the
documents have been filed without a copy, this ruling should be
brought to the attention of the Customs officer handling the
transaction.
Sincerely,
Jean F. Maguire
Area Director
New York Seaport