Abstract: A protective eye mask for sports use, without a helmet, includes one or more substantially horizontal frame members forming an eye mask frame, defining a cage to protect an area around a user's eyes, the eye mask frame having at least an upper frame segment and a lower frame segment, the frame members having an inside facing towards the user's eyes and an outside facing away therefrom; one or more substantially horizontal frame members arranged between the upper and lower frame segments; one or more substantially vertical frame members continuous with or rigidly attached to one or more of the substantially horizontal frame members; a contact material for contacting the user's face area, attached to the eyewear frame; and a mechanism for securing the protective eye mask to the user's face.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for generating pricing data for managed computer printer services for a user of a fleet of computer printer devices over a contract time period including first selecting between two possible pricing models, pay-per-page with minimums or pay-per-page with a fixed periodic payment. Variable costs comprising the costs of toner cartridges and preventative maintenance are computed for both monochromatic and color printers and these respective variables contribute to determine the total costing of both models. In the fixed periodic model the cost of hardware and a service fee also contribute to the final pricing figure. The toner portion of the variable costs element may be determined on the basis of predictions of page coverage for both mono and color printers, but may also be determined from historical averages resulting from actual measurement of the page coverage of printers in the fleet.

Abstract: Output device utilization on a network is optimized. Utilization information for each output device is tracked. The utilization information is tracked by periodically retrieving the utilization information and archiving the retrieved utilization information. The utilization information is selectively tracked from network print clients, network print servers and network output devices. The utilization information is analyzed for optimization opportunities. The utilization information is analyzed by selectively searching for underused and overused output devices. The utilization information is analyzed for optimization opportunities by applying rules to the utilization information. The rules are applied to the utilization information by selectively optimizing for lowest cost, highest quality, soonest output and output closest to an originated print client. The network is configured to exploit the optimization opportunities.