[GreenYes] Re: MS Word Template / 1.25 margins - waste of paper

["Jack DeBell" <Debell@no.address>]

Hi Ann - 

This product may be relevant to your request.  I plan on testing it throughout the University system soon.

- Jack


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
GreenPrint Launches an Initiative to "Pay the Fortune 500 to Go Green"
The new program gives GreenPrint software to large organizations at no cost in exchange for a portion of the savings the software creates.
 
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According to studies released by Citigroup and Lexmark, wasted pages account for as much as 25% of all printed material and cost the Fortune 500 over $1 billion a year.  Gartner Research estimates 1% to 3% of Fortune 500 revenues are spent on printing costs annually, and those costs are increasing every year.  "Each office worker currently uses up to 50 sheets of A4 [printer] paper a day," says Louella Fernandes, Principal Analyst with Quocirca, "and estimates predict office paper consumption increasing by 20% per year on average."
 
In addition to monetary losses, Fortune 500 printer waste also results in over 2 million additional trees being harvested annually, according to studies by UNESCO and Conservatree.  "Those are significant numbers," says Greg Meyer of American Forests, "If the Fortune 500 used GreenPrint to eliminate printer waste it would yield profound benefits to our environment for generations to come."
 
GreenPrint's Enterprise software eliminates wasteful pages in any printout automatically, saving time, money, and trees.  GreenPrint does this by analyzing each page of every document sent to the printer and looking for typical waste characteristics (like that last page with just a URL, banner ad, logo, or legal jargon).  GreenPrint also incorporates an easy to use PDF writer, an innovative print preview, and a reporting feature which keeps track of the number of pages and the amount of money saved.
 
The "Get Paid to Go Green" initiative will run through the end of September, and is available to organizations with more than 1,000 computer users. 
 
GreenPrint Technologies LLC is the maker of software designed to reduce waste in home and office printing.  Their products include GreenPrint Home, GreenPrint Enterprise, and EverGreen font.
 
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GreenPrint
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On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Ann Schneider wrote:

> Hi GRRN and Loma Prieta Zero Waste Committee
>
> This will sound like a rant.  And it is.  But the question is, is it just
> my version of Microsoft Word or do all version set the margins in MS Word
> to 1.25 on the left and right.  What this means is that a document that
> could print out on fewer pages takes more due to the wide margins.
>
> I know we shouldn't print but all of us working in local government or
> for the Sierra Club know that many documents are printed out with these
> wide margins.  Since I receive many of the questionnaires from candidates
> running for office, I always have to adjust the margins so on candidate
> interview nights, less paper is needed to print a copy.  (and in this
> case, I really do need the paper copy so I can track what candidates say
> and what they wrote in the written portion of our process.)
>
> Has anyone started a program or have a waste reduction fact sheet on how
> to create documents that if printed take less paper?  A campaign or
> letter to Microsoft to change the default settings so paper can be
> reduced?
>
> Ann Schneider
> Chair, National Zero Waste Committee
> Co-Chair, Loma Prieta Political Committee
> Ann.Schneider@no.address
Jack DeBell
University of Colorado Recycling Services
UMC 355
207 UCB
Boulder, CO  80309-0207
303.492.8307 office
303.492.3244 fax
debell@no.address
www.colorado.edu/recycling


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