Print green - save the environment, save money

Kyocera Mita South Africa has a list of ten basic guidelines that can cut costs and benefit the environment:
• Print and photocopy documents double-sided (duplex) to reduce wastage and cost.
• Don't overprint documents. Take care to calculate how many copies you really need to cut down on wastage.
• Use proof and hold to ensure a document is correct before printing a long print run.
• Ensure your equipment is Energy Star compliant.
• Ensure photocopiers, multifunctional products and printers are switched off at night.
• Set your printer or copier's sleep mode, so when it is not actually printing or copying the energy consumption is minimal.
• Recycle your used print cartridges and toner cassettes.
• Ensure proper maintenance of office equipment devices to enable them to work more efficiently.
• Use non-chlorine bleached environmentally responsible paper or fully recycled paper for all your printing.
• Identify a paper collection point in the office for recycling bins to dispose of waste paper.