WAYS TO CUT DOWN:

1. Print double-sided: Default your computer to print double sided.

–Double click the printer
–Select Printer | Properties from the menu
–Click the “Printing Preferences” button on the General tab
–Go to the Finish tab
–Check “Print on both sides”
Or… when printing
–”Print”
–Go to “Properties”
–Select “Finishing” tab
–Check “Print on both sides”

2. Print multiple slides on one piece of paper.
–In the print dialog box, choose “Handouts” from the “Print what” drop-down, and then choose the number of “slides per page” you want.

3. Use print preview before you print.

4. Print only the necessary pages in a document instead of the whole thing.

5. Minimize the number of drafts you print.

6. Reuse paper that has only been printed on one side.

7. Use electronic versions of documents when possible.

8. Use “Shrink to Fit” - an option in print preview dialog boxes which will shrink content down to fit on fewer pages.

9. Ask professors to provide their own printed slides to avoid jamming student printers right before class. Also, copiers use less ink and energy than printers!

10. Give yourself a few extra minutes to print so that you can wait in the event of a bottleneck or a printer jam rather than reprint to another printer.

11. Talk to your professors:
–Ask them to print two-sided handouts if they don’t and thank them if they already do this!
–Ask for readings in digital format
–Request to receive and submit homework electronically