Introduction: PRINTING GREEN

Tips to pare down on printing and ink use.

Step 1: EASY CHANGES THAT WILL MAKE a BIG DIFFERENCE

This video is important to carefully consider because we want to make our school the most environmentally friendly. We want to do our part as a school to help our planet. Hopefully, when you are preparing and printing your documents, you will remember these tips and help our school save paper.

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Use these simple edits to reduce the number of pages in your documents.

  • Expand your margins
  • Use a small font size
  • Reduce the size of images
  • Wrap text around images
  • Use columns

Use these edits when choosing how to print your document:

  • Double-sided when possible
  • Color paper only when necessary
  • Color ink when necessary (don't print B and W documents to the color printer)
  • Double-check that you are printing to the right printer
  • Finally, make sure to pick up your document from the printer!