Save Money and Trees With Green Printing Tools

22.04.2011
Companies and organizations come in virtually countless shapes and sizes, but one thing that tends to unite them all is at least some reliance on . Hand in hand with that fact, in turn, come the ubiquitous paper, toner and other various related items, all of which can add up both in the budget and in their toll on the planet.

Just from a budget perspective, in fact, the average corporate organization spends between 1 and 3 percent of its annual revenue on printing, according to a report in .

What's a green-minded company to do? Aiming to print less, of course, is the first, most basic step, as my PCWorld peer Tony Bradley pointed out today in .

The world of technology, however, also has some assistance to offer. Here, then, are a few tech tools that can help you minimize the financial and environmental impact of the printing you simply have to do.

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It's not uncommon to hear the recommendation to use the Century Gothic font if you want to use less toner. There's clearly something to that, but an even better option could be to use Ecofont, software that features tiny, practically invisible holes in its printed versions.