| Have you ever counted the number of | | | | properly.o Draft mode and economy mode- Draft |
| documents you print each day? From emails and | | | | and economy mode definitely consume less |
| web pages to reports, receipts and even books; | | | | amount of ink. Thus, directions, recipes, reports, |
| the list is endless, and so are your printing | | | | receipts, statements and all other items which |
| expenses. Here are a few tips that will help you | | | | you will be using solely for documentation purpose |
| to use your printer effectively and save money.o | | | | can be printed out in the draft mode.o Printing in |
| Proofread before printing- Remove all the spelling, | | | | grayscale- As compared to colored ink, black ink |
| typological and grammatical mistakes before | | | | is less expensive. Hence, by opting for grayscale, |
| taking the printout of the document. Due to these | | | | you can definitely save a lot of money. Apart |
| errors, a lot of ink is wasted. By proofreading the | | | | from text documents, emails, web pages and |
| document, you can save both the ink and your | | | | presentations can also be printed in grayscale.o |
| hard-earned money.o Use the print preview option | | | | Printer maintenance- When the printer is not used |
| frequently- The print preview option helps you to | | | | regularly, the nozzles of the cartridge becomes |
| see beforehand how the print out would appear. | | | | blocked. Due to this, you stop getting high-quality |
| According to the preview, you can make the | | | | output. There are two ways to overcome this |
| changes. When you are fully satisfied, then only | | | | problem; one, at least once a week take a print |
| you should print the document. In this manner, | | | | out, and two, if you are not using the printer for |
| you can save time as well as money.o Know the | | | | a long period of time, then switch it off.o Recycle |
| print properties inside out- Print properties have a | | | | cartridges- Instead of throwing away the |
| lot of useful options which can reduce the printing | | | | cartridges, refill them for re-use. HP cartridges can |
| cost dramatically. For instance, you can choose to | | | | easily be refilled at home. When the cartridges |
| print on both the sides of the paper. You can also | | | | become absolutely un-useable, send them back to |
| select the paper size and quality through this | | | | the manufacturer so that they can be disposed |
| option. Furthermore, you can increase or decrease | | | | off in an environmental-friendly manner. Often, |
| the size of the print. There are many other things | | | | the companies pay for postage in a bid to make |
| that you can do with the help of this option. | | | | people conscious about saving their environment. |
| Hence, learn to manage this print properties option | | | | |