PWG Officer's Page

	Printer Working Group Officer's Page

PWG OVERVIEW

The Printer Working Group (or PWG) is a Program of the IEEE Industry Standard and Technology Organization (ISTO) with member organizations including printer manufacturers, print server developers, operating system providers and print management application developers. The group is chartered to make printers and the applications and operating systems supporting them work together better.

THE OFFICERS

	Chair: Jerry Thrasher
	Jerry has participated in PWG working groups since 2000 and has worked as a member of Lexmark's Corporate Standards department since 2004. Prior to working full time on standards, Jerry worked in Lexmark's connectivity development organization.

	Vice-Chair: Lee Farrell
	Lee has been a continuous member of PWG since 1996, held the positions of both PWG Secretary and Vice Chair for multiple terms, and has participated in various International Standards Organizations on behalf of Canon for over 11 years.

	Secretary: Harry Lewis
	Harry has participated in leadership roles in the PWG and many other international standards orgainizations on behalf of the printing division of IBM and now InfoPrint Solutions Company. Harry's "day job" is to manage intellectual property and open standards for InfoPrint Solutions.

JOINING THE PWG

If your company is interested in becoming a member of the PWG, you should review the following procedure documents and complete and mail in the PWG Membership Form (2). If you have any questions about membership, don't hesitate to contact the
PWG Chair or any of the other officers of the PWG.

Printer Working Group Standards Process document (pdf)
PWG Membership Form (pdf)
PWG Letter of Assurance for Essential Patents (pdf)

Information about the PWG as an organization and the ISTO

ISTO PWG Overview Presentation (including member benefits) (pdf)
ISTO Program Participation Agreement (doc)
ISTO Bylaws (pdf)

IEEE INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION (ISTO) PRESENTATIONS

Additional information about our program with the IEEE-ISTO organization can be found in the following material:

Press release announcing ISTO
Standards Bearer article on ISTO
Medical Device Communications Industry Group (A Program of the ISTO) Announcement
ISTO Presentation
Presentation to PWG Plenary 4/14/99 in New Orleans (slides)(script)
Press release announcing the PWG/ISTO Alliance

PWG IN THE PRESS

Press releases, pointers to articles and contact information is available on the PWG Media page.

PWG MEETING SCHEDULE

The Working Group meets face-to-face several times per year, depending on activity:
Information about these meetings may be foundt at: Face to Face Meeting Schedule

EMAIL

While the face-to-face meetings are very important, much of the work of the PWG is done using email distribution lists and
via weekly or bi-weekly teleconferences.

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