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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.
Epson Stylus CX7400 Inkjet Printer – A User Review
My husband bought me my Epson CX7400 last year for our anniversary. I use it quite often, however, our old one had completely died.
It is a basic three-in-one, but suits my needs perfectly. Being an Ebay seller and an very active member at paperbackswap, the scanner never rests. The copier is mainly used for Bible verse memory booklets for my Bible classes. I usually wait until the last minute to make the copies I need. I don’t like to take the chance that the church secretary will be too busy to get to them. The printer saves me a trip to the library when I want to print off a college paper, an internet coupon, or a coloring sheet for my kids. The internet is such a wonderful tool, however, you can not use it to its’ full capacity if you do not own a printer.
This particular model is a money saver. There are four different ink cartridges for the Epson CX7400. If you run out of yellow (T069420), you do not have to throw out the rest of the ink. Also, your papers will print solid until the ink is completely empty. This energy efficient machine costs less than $100.
The Epson CX7400 does not have all the bells and whistles of other printers, but as a basic printer you can not beat it!
Lyn’s Note: The CX7400 uses the following epson ink cartridges: T069120, T069220, T069320 and T069420
Ink Cartridges – Create Your Own T-Shirts
Here is another great tip from one of our users!
Create Your Own T-Shirts Using an Inkjet Printer and Iron-On Transfers
I currently use the HP PSC 1410v All-in-One Inkjet printer. The most creative thing I do with this printer is to make iron-on transfers for my own T-shirts and for my partner and sometimes my friends.
Due to the fact that I am a big boy, I can hardly ever find interesting T-shirts in my size. Thanks to my printer and iron-on transfers that work with inkjet printers, I can now print anything I want and make a T-shirt out of it! Most people ask me where I buy my shirts and when I tell them I make them myself they are flabbergasted!
Its great! Plus, I get my shirts at a discount store for $5.00 and the iron-on transfers are around $8.00 for five transfers, that works out to less than $8.00 per shirt! Where else can you get cool shirts for under $8.00 for big boys? No where!
Everyone should do this! Its fun, easy, and cheap!
Lyn’s Note: The HP PSC 1410v uses the HP #21 and HP #22 inkjet cartridges. HP also offers the HP #21 2-Pack.