Comments on: Double-sided or nothing (Day 163)… http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/ making one change every day to greenify my life (and hopefully not being too smug about it) Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Laura http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-13110 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:45:19 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-13110 I know this is so late (over a year since you posted it!) but there are places where you can refill your ink cartridges for nearly half the price of buying a new one!

]]> By: Stella DeGree http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3215 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:46:22 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3215 Like E to the M and Paula say, double checking in print preview and choosing to print only those pages you need can really save a lot of pages! You can also copy and paste some things. But it is a total bonus that you are asking your parents to save those leftover pages that they might simply recycle. Maybe you can encourage them to double-side print, too?

]]> By: A Million Paths http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3208 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:16:19 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3208 You can also try and get your company to buy Green Print (http://www.printgreener.com/news.html) It’s software that automatically deletes the blank pages so you don’t print out blank pages at the printer. It works in conjunction with Word, Adobe etc.

]]> By: Paula http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3207 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:36:55 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3207 Something I do, especially when printing things from the internet, is to check the print preview before actually printing. I check which pages I actually need and then only print those out. Also, if there’s only a little bit of what I need on an additional page, I’ll shrink to fit just enough (but still big enough to read).

I also keep printed on pages to use the other side or for kids’ coloring or to cut up for scrap note paper.

]]> By: TMS_NY http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3206 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:04:55 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3206 In the course of my work, I produce LOTS of single sided printed paper for drafts of reports and such. Rather than recycle a page that is printed on only one side…I stack it up and bring it home. There I will print itineraries, receipts, recipes, etc on the other side, or use them as scratch paper for handwritten lists, or allow my children to color or do homework calculations on them.

The idea is that even though these pages may be inappropriate for continued business use, there are lots of uses for that leftover unprinted side. No recycling until BOTH sides are used!

]]> By: E to the M http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3205 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:44:47 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3205 Also you can preview the print job before actually priting. If the last page or so is junk then only print in the page range you want.

]]> By: healthycookie http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3203 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:15:11 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3203 For the stuff you do need to keep a record of but don’t need to print… PDFs are always good. File them on the computer or email them to yourself so you have the record saved and can access it from any computer.

]]> By: Aimee http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3202 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:51:32 +0000 http://greenasathistle.com/2007/08/10/double-sided-or-nothing-day-163/#comment-3202 I’ve started doing this at home and at work – we dont’ have a duplex printing function, so printing double-sided is a pain, but I’ve amassed quite a stack of paper with printing on one side, so whenever I have to print something I just turn over a few sheets from my stash and reuse that paper instead. This works great for most print jobs- I don’t do this if I have to turn the printed item over to anyone of course. :)

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