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From: krowitz%richter@UMIX.CC.UMICH.EDU (David Krowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: beta-test sites wanted
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Date: 5 Feb 90 18:37:42 GMT
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I called the commerce dept. both here and in D.C. There *are* 
restrictions on printer/plotter software, but only if the device
is a high performance and/or *very* accurate hardcopy device.
(I think it is defined as a device with a positioning accuracy
of .004% of the longest axis of the page). This is true for most
of Western Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, etc.
Other countries have more restrictions. It takes the D.C. office
3 to 4 weeks, after receipt of a formal request, to issue a legal
interpretation of the restrictions regarding any particular device
and/or software package. The HP Laserjet that I was inquiring about
is largely unrestricted, however.

== Dave