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Minimizing your printer's environmental
impact
Saving paper and toner
Studies show that as much as 80% of the carbon footprint of a printer is related to paper usage. You can significantly
reduce your carbon footprint by using recycled paper and the following printing suggestions, such as printing on
both sides of the paper and printing multiple pages on one side of a single sheet of paper.
For information on how you can quickly save paper and energy using one printer setting, see "Using Eco-Mode".
Conserving supplies
There are a number of ways you can reduce the amount of paper and toner you use. You can:
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Print on both sides of the paper.
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Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. Use the Print dialog to print up to 16 pages of a multiple-page
document on a single sheet of paper.
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Check your first draft for accuracy. Before printing:
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Use the print preview feature, which you can select from the Print dialog or the printer display, to see what
the document will look like before you print it.
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Print one copy of the document to check its content and format for accuracy.
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Carefully select and load paper to avoid paper jams. For more information, see “Loading paper” on page 26.
Saving energy
For additional information on saving power, see the Notices chapter.
Using Eco-Mode
Use Eco-Mode to quickly select one or more ways to reduce your printer's environmental impact.
Note: See the table for the multiple settings that change when you select an Eco-Mode setting.
Choose To
Energy Reduce energy use, especially when the printer is idle.
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Printer engine motors do not start until a job is ready to print. You may notice a short delay before the
first page is printed.
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The printer enters Power Saver mode after one minute of inactivity.
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When the printer enters Power Saver mode, the printer control panel display and the standard exit bin
lights are turned off.
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Enable the automatic duplex feature
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Turn off print log features.
Energy/Paper Use all the settings associated with Energy mode and Paper mode.
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