Would you like to help the environment and save money at the same +time, without much sacrifice? A small step could be to change the +font you use when printing.
+ +Three years ago, +Arts +Technica reported how the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay +changed their default front from +Arial to +Century +Gothic to save money. The Century Gothic font uses 30% less toner +than Arial to print the same text. In other word, you could cut your +toner costs by 30% (or actually, increase your toner supply life time +by 30%, by simply changing the default font used in your prints.
+ +But it is not quite obvious how much one will safe by switching. +The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay said it used $100,000 per year +on ink and toner cartridges, according to +a report from +TwinCities.com, and expected to save between $5,000 and $10,000 +per year by asking staff and students to use a different font. Not +all PDFs and documents are created internally, and those from external +sources will most likely still use a different font. Also, the +Century Gothic font is slightly wider than Arial, and thus might use +more sheets of paper to print the same text, so the total saving +depend on the documents printed.
+ +But it is definitely something to consider, if you want to reduce +the amount of trash, decrease the amount of toner used in the world +and save some money in the process.
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