Companies of all sizes are feeling the pressure to streamline their operations to save money and be more responsible for the environment. We can no longer ignore the issue of environmental responsibility as all businesses now heavily impact on our environment.
Did you know the average employee uses around 10,000 sheets of paper per year? In addition, a substantial number of pages printed are unintentional and passed off as waste. As a business it is possible to save on printing waste by trying the following:
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Use Duplexing- (Printing on both sides of a page) | Changing the default setting on your printer to Duplexing can help an organisation to save on paper costs by up to 30% |
Use N-Up Printing (Printing Multiple pages on a sheet) | This is an effective way of cutting paper costs by having two or more pages on one sheet. |
Use Xerox Green Print | Green Print from Xerox helps to eliminate any unlimited printing waste using software that eliminates any unwanted pages prior to printing the document |
Use Print Preview | Everything you need to operate the printer is provided including support, training, servicing inks and toners, this saves on cost. Complete peace of mind knowing that if your printer breaks down a trained Xerox engineer will be on hand to help you fix any issues. |
Use Print Management tools | If your organisation is willing to invest time and resources it may be beneficial to employ a print management solution to track use, pages printed and setting limitations on what can and cannot be printed, helping to save resources. |
Use Xerox Solid Ink Printers | Solid Ink printers use ink sticks rather than cartridges to prevent waste and additional packaging they also automatically print on both sides of the page causing less paper waste. |
The methods above can help save paper if used by all employees however this would be difficult to keep track of, Green Print technology by Xerox can help to ensure that your printing waste is minimal.
How does Green Print by Xerox work? 
Xerox Green printing enables a business to only print what it needs, it is a simple program that helps to eliminate any unnecessary pages via a spam like filter for printing.
The Xerox Green Print software automatically finds highlights and removes unwanted pages prior to printing the document. It looks for typical waste characteristics for example, eliminating pages with just a URL, banner, ad, logo or legal jargon on it. This can help to save printing costs by a further 17%. Xerox's Green Printing is effective as it highlights the size and content of a print job and makes it simple for a user to highlight and print off exactly what they need with minimal waste.
The benefits of Green printing from Xerox are:
Automatic waste detection. Shows the user which pages are unnecessary automatically and removes them from the print job helping to save time and money.
PDF Writer. Is included in the software allowing for simple PDF creation and an alternative to printing.
Image and Text removal. With a few clicks of the mouse images and/or text can be removed from a single page providing significant ink and toner savings.
Tracking. Users can track how many pages and the printing cost that they have saved. Administrators are able to track company-wide savings.
Environmental Impact Tracking. Users and administrators can track how much impact they have had on the environment on an individual and company wide basis. The report includes total pages, greenhouse gases and trees that have been saved. This information can be slotted easily into to CSR reports.
Want to find out more?
For more details on Xerox Green Printing and to find out how it can benefit your business contact our one of our Xerox Green Printing Experts today on 0121 262 6240, we also have a demo room available at our head office in Birmingham.