Almost all kinds of organizations use up thousands of sheets of paper every year for various printing purposes. Uses vary from advertisement to notification to invitations. But the question arises : Is there really that big a need to use up so much paper for these purposes? The answer is no. All of the purposes above can be fulfilled with the help of electronic media such as e-mail, blogs and even text messaging. These methods are not only helping save paper, but are much more efficient as well. Each sheet of paper saved can make a difference. Are you tired of seeing blank pieces of paper thrown away because someone printed one line on them? I know I do! There are many ways to save paper. Everyone is talking about saving trees and “Going Green.” It is about time we ALL did our part.
Save Paper: Every Sheet Counts!
To save paper wherever we can in our day to day lives! To flag instances when we see people throwing away a bundle of sheets with only a line printed on them. Or when we see people printing for purposes such as invitations, editing, documenting, etc where electronic media can easily be used more effectively!
Save out trees that are getting depleted at a faster rate due to our multi-fold increase in usage of paper for official or personal purposes!
1. Using electronic forms of media wherever they can.
2. Whenever it is utmost important to use paper, the first thing you should do before you print your paper is check to see what the page is going to look like when you print it. Most printers have a print preview page that shows you what your images will look like when printed. If there is a page that you don’t need, don’t print it. You can print a few pages if you need to. This will save you ink as well as paper.
3. Always print on both sides! This is clearly an option in printing setting and lot of people realize this only when they have sent the printing command. They can't do much then, and ignore the paper wasted on the other side! as we said, every sheet counts!
4. Keep paper that you printed accidentally for scrap paper. Everyone needs a scratch piece of paper in the office/home for something, even if it is as trite as writing a grocery list. Get a box and keep the extra paper in there. This will keep them from grabbing brand new sheets of paper from the printer to write their “to do” list or to sketch out an idea or design. This can also be used for printing a test page on.
5. Duplex printing can also save you a lot of paper. If you do a lot of faxing, especially one page faxes, then you will save a lot of paper since the cover sheet plus the one page will only equal one sheet of paper instead of two. Obviously, you will continue to cut down on paper the longer the document is as well. This feature allows you to automatically fax a two sided document. It not only saves paper, but it enhances your productivity.
6. Saving paper is a plus when you are dealing with printing, especially if you print out a lot of pictures. The best way to save on picture paper is to print a test copy on regular sheets of paper instead of photo paper.
