November 21, 2008
4 Ways in Which You Can Cut Printing Costs
If you print plenty of documents at home, using your inkjet printer you must have noticed that the expenses of paper and ink over time become huge. It hardly takes time to replete your ink cartridge, so what should you do to save some money. Here are some ways to cut down your excessive printing costs:
1. On Every Sheet, Print More Than a Single Page
This is probably the simplest way to save printing paper and it good printing PowerPoint presentations. For this go to the print dialog option and select Handouts from drop-down "Print what". Next, select the number of slides you want per page. If you print only in Grayscale then you will also be saving the life of your ink cartridges. In the print dialog setting in Microsoft Word, you can find a similar printing option. Many laser printers offer a simple duplex option for printing on both the sides of paper.

2. Opt For Printing Multiple Selections on One Page
Don’t print a single selection but select multiple areas on the page, “clip" them, and print them later. This is good in case of laser printing and you can avail this Smart Web Printing application by HP for Firefox 2.0 and Internet Explorer.
3. Print Only the Selected Portion that You Need
Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Excel & Word have a feature that allows you print only a selection of text. Select the part of the text for printing and then go for the "Selection" option that you will find in the print dialog.
4. Use Options such as Shrink to Fit and Print Preview
You should first use Print Preview to prevent printing just a few lines on an almost empty page. Don’t click blindly on the print button but preview first. In this way, you will not be wasting tons of ink or plenty of paper. Print exactly the amount that you want. Internet Explorer and Firefox have an option named "Shrink to Fit" in the Print Preview dialogs that shrink the content to fit easily on fewer pages. Microsoft Word has a "Shrink One Page" option that shrinks the document by a page by reducing spacing and the size of the text.
Filed under Printer Tips by inkcarts










