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Better environmental performance
through better printing
W
e all agree that we have to take a more brochures that are out of date, in stock, which
OKI recommends the
responsible attitude to our consumption of then need to be recycled or pulped and re-
energy and our carbon emissions. done to include the new school schedule. following steps:
The education sector is keen to establish its Why do you need printed letterheads or
own green credentials, expect the highest invoice blanks? Today’s printers are capable of 1. Confidently take control of your
environmental standards from their own achieving the resolution and colour fidelity to printing needs rather than outsourcing
suppliers, and being able to demonstrate best reproduce logos and layouts as well as the text. to expensive print shops i.e.
practices could mean the difference between Why expend energy on two print processes prospectuses, reports, signage, notices,
these suppliers winning and losing contracts. when one will do? letterhead, business cards, etc.
The Centre for Economics and Business Finally, ensure that duplex printers are used
Research (cebr) recently completed a study that whenever possible.
2. Make the most of in-the-box utilities;
highlighted the education sector could save
Template Manager software (included
from more efficient printing and reduce Print where you want it
FREE inside every OKI printer box)
carbon emissions. For example, did you know Scan incoming documents so that everything
assists to ensure printing is correct
that this sector alone wastes the financial can be handled within your organisation as
first time.
equivalent of six million new school uniforms files, from new local authority directives to
or the employment of 9,800 graduate teachers student enquiries. Edit, annotate and create
3. Creatively use a printer in the
through inefficient printing? electronically; print only when you need a
classroom to reproduce a pupil’s work
But the study did not just identify cost paper copy.
including, colourful banners and
savings. cebr estimates that, by saving waste Around your own buildings, carefully review
posters, or to print online books, with
and by printing at the point of need, workflows and see where printers are needed.
high quality output.
approximately 860 million tonnes of carbon
dioxide emissions could be saved each year in Print when you want it
4. Manage the risk by ensuring all
the UK education sector, equivalent to taking Stationery stores are a waste of office space,
printing is secure and only the person
167,000 cars off the road or the emissions from heating and light. Eliminate as much as
that prints can obtain the document at
500+ long-haul flights. possible by printing when required therefore
the printer
How are these savings achieved? Through eliminating the storage issue.
three simple steps.... Do not think that printing in-house means
5. Manage your print costs by ensuring
that everything comes out on plain paper. you have the right equipment and
Print what you want. Printers are available that print onto paper at
control costs through a monthly
The conventional logic is that when you use an any size and onto any stock: if you want your
payment plan that includes all
external print house you print in bulk for brochure on a glossy board, print onto it.
servicing and warranties
economies of scale. The converse of this is that There is no reason why changing the
you then have to allocate space to storing all way you manage your print should affect
this printed paper. the quality of the results. But it will save
trianglertwww.oki.co.uk
Once it is printed it is fixed. A new school money and significantly reduce your
trianglertwww.okiprintsmart.com/uk
year begins; you now have thousands of carbon footprint.
trianglertaskoki@okieurope.co.uk
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