Double Sided Printing By Matthew Maggy

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Double Sided PrintingBy Matthew Maggy

• A green concept that saves green.

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How does this save money?

• Suppose the average office prints 1,000 pieces of
  paper per day
• Double sided printing turns 1,000 pieces of paper
  into 500. (1,000/2 500)?
• Assume the price of a 500 sheet package of copier
  paper is 4.95. Before double sided printing a
  day's printing in an office costs 9.90 (4.95 x 2
  9.90).
• Multiply the one sided printing number by 30
  departments (9.90 x 30 297) and you have 600
  spent on printing.
• Double sided printing will cut this cost in half
  (297/2 148.50)?

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Perspective

• Assume that the average Washoe County Worker gets
  paid 50,000/year.
• Assume that worker works 238 paid days per year.
• 50,000/238 210.08. With a 148.50 savings per
  day due to double sided printing, this covers 66
  of an employees wage for a day.
• Over the year, assuming each office is running
  for 238 days per year. This is a savings of
  35,348/year. (238x 148.50 35,348)?
• This is the yearly salary of at least one person
  who works in that department.
• Every bit counts. Little cuts here and there ?
  will add up.

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Environmental Benefit

• Saving paper saves trees.
• Without trees to absorb carbon dioxide and turn
  it to pure oxygen, the carbon drifts to the ozone
  layer contributing to global warming.
• Save money and help stop global warming!

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Implementation

• The simplest way is to tell employees to print
  double sided. Simply go to options at the
  printer screen and choose to print on both sides.
  When the first side is printed on a series of
  papers, simply reinsert the papers the way they
  came out of the printer and it will print on the
  other side. This can be done by a memo and a
  simple demonstration. Also, a sheet of paper by
  each desk showing the steps will allow people to
  have a visual.
• Another way to implement this is when it comes
  time to buy new printers (every 5 years), buy
  ones that print double sided (they have been out
  for a while, just make sure employees choose this
  option.