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21 Ways To Be Greener, More Productive and Cost Efficient With Your Printer
I came across a blog post today on Random Thoughts By Mark Rohde titled “14 Ways To Be Greener, More Productive and Cost Efficient With Your Printer“. Mark’s Post added added 7 additional steps to the post on Stepcase Lifehack titled “7 Ways to Be Greener and More Productive with your Printer”.
Here is their list so far:
- Keep Supplies at the point of use
- Print in “draft” mode to save ink
- Keep a scratch paper tray
- Make your printed documents come out in the proper order
- Use scratch paper by default and print on new paper only when necessary
- Label your printer’s particularities
- Just don’t print
- Set your printer to default to multiple pages per side
- Invest in a printer capable of duplexing
- Use a Laser Printer
- Choose a Multifunction Device
- Pause Your Print Que
- Take your print off the printer
- Just Don’t Print
Naturally, I have a few more tricks and hints that I would like to add to their lists!
15. Proofread your Documents - If you carefully proofread before you print, you can catch mistakes before any ink is wasted. Imagine printing out a giant batch only to go back and find out you misspelled a word. Run your spell checker and save yourself some time and ink.
16. Use your Print Preview Mode – Before you print, choose the “print preview” function on your printer. this will allow you to view the formatting and verify that the document looks the way it should.
17. Draft Mode – Set your printer default to Draft Mode. The documents will not look as crisp, but they are perfect for everyday use, or for printing out versions of a document as you refine it.
18. Print a Test Page – Before you send that giant. lengthy document to the printer, print one test page to make sure everything looks as it should. Print it on your scratch paper first, THEN print the whole document.
19. Make sure you’ve used your ENTIRE cartridge before you replace it with a new one – When your printouts become faded, or you see lines in your printing, run your printers cleaning cycle or maintenance utilities. You cartridge may not be empty. You may be amazed just how much life is still in it.
20. Use Remanufactured or Compatible Printer Cartridges – Buy Remanufactured or Compatible printer cartridges from a reputable online store and save up to 75% each time you replace your cartridges.
21. Avoid “Economy Cartridges” – The cartridge that came with your printer might not be the best value when it comes time to replace it. Printer Manufactures often ship a 1/2 full or economy cartridge with your new printer. Assuming that this is the only model number of cartridge that you can use in your printer can cost you BIG TIME. Be sure to check your manual. You may find that you can use another cartridge with as much as 300% more ink for just a few dollars more than that “economy” cartridge.
Follow these steps and put a little “green” in your green.