A printing control apparatus to store print data in a storage area from a print application and to send the print data to a print apparatus. A first electrode can be mounted to an upstream portion of the linear conduit, a second electrode can be mounted downstream of the upstream portion, and a third electrode can be mounted to a curved segment of the elbow conduit within a footprint extension of a first passage of the linear conduit. In an exemplary embodiment, to offset the skew that may result across the tiers in the clock tree, a cross-tier clock balancing scheme makes use of automatic delay adjustment. Systems and methods to enable the use of emblems present an emblem visually associated with a second avatar in a view of the first avatar to indicate a relationship between the first user and the second user. When the arms are in an approximately horizontal position, the apparatus is positioned for receiving a handle bag and maintaining it in an open position. The base module provides motor overload analysis through a programmable Digital Signal Processor which digitizes real time motor operating conditions, comparing stored user trip and alarm levels against these conditions, communicating the results to the detachable user interface and a multi-drop communications link using the industry standard MODBUS RTU protocol to a facility’s automation system.