Well, it’s official! A long time in the making, we finally released our Mac version of GreenPrint on Monday, November 3rd. We’re very excited to be able to offer our software to Mac users, especially with the growing Apple market.
Currently you need OS X 10.5+ to download GreenPrint onto your Mac, but soon we plan on having 10.4 compatibility. You can download a 30-day free trial from our site to test it out and see if you like it before purchasing a license.
Enjoy saving paper and trees!
We have just received a Mac beta version of GreenPrint and we need your help! If you have an Intel Mac running OSX 10.5 and are willing to test out the software for us and give us feedback, we would really appreciate it. The first 200 people to sign up will get a 30-day beta license and a discount on Mac v1.0 when it’s released.
Click here to sign up for the beta test. Just enter your email address and the download will start automatically. Please send all feedback to support@printgreener.com with “Mac Beta” in the subject line.
Thanks for your help! I’ll be sure to let everyone know when GreenPrint Mac v1.0 is officially released, so stay tuned…
If you were among the lucky, you got to see Siri wearing the infamous tree costume.
Last Monday, August 11th, we held our 36″ Forest event in Pioneer Courthouse Square and it went really well! Luckily it was a gorgeous, warm, sunny day, which resulted in more people walking by and stopping to see what we were up to. In the end we had 35 36″ stacks of paper - the equivalent of 35 trees - that we will plant in the honor of the companies and individuals who brought wasted paper to the event. The company that brought in the most from its office was Bullivant Houser Bailey, with 18 trees-worth of paper!
Thanks to everyone who came and participated, we really appreciate it and are happy to plant those trees.
The equivalent amount of paper to one tree, signified with a baby tree sitting on top
Several trees’ worth of paper
Thanks to EFI Secured Shredding and Recycling for bringing this 2,000 pound bale of paper. They also shredded and recycled all paper brought to the event
Yesterday afternoon KATU Channel 2 News covered how our software works and let viewers know about our 36″ Forest event. You can watch Hayden explain GreenPrint on KATU’s website!
We’re continually donating to various tree-planting organizations and recently after donating 1,000 trees to Trees for the Future we received a really nice letter and certificate in the mail. It let us know where exactly our trees where being planted and what they would be used for, which is great to know!
Trees for the Future certificate
On Earth Day this year we launched an email signature campaign to help reduce emails being printed out unnecessarily, which in turn saves trees. We call the signatures TreeMail and tally every email we convince people not to print. With every tree that is saved, GreenPrint will plant an additional tree, doubling the impact. So far we’ve planted two trees and would love to increase this number!
Go to our website, get your own TreeMail signature and help us save those trees!
Come trade your wasted pages for trees!
Where: Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, Oregon
When: August 11, 2008 9a.m. - 5.p.m.
GreenPrint’s holding an event that we’re really excited about and we want you and your office to come join us and help build “The 36″ Forest.” Save all those wasted stacks of paper next to your printer and bring them down to Pioneer Square. For every 36″ stack of paper, we’ll plant a tree on your behalf! The average tree produces 9,000 sheets of paper. 9,000 sheets = 18 reams = 36″ = 1 tree.
After you’ve brought down your paper, you can also pick up a free copy of GreenPrint World to use on your home computer.
Hope to see you there!
GreenPrint’s 36″ Forest
We’re now on Facebook. Come join the GreenPrint group!
80 PLUS has recently listed GreenPrint as a partner on its website. According to the website, 80 PLUS is “an innovative, electric utility-funded incentive program to integrate more energy-efficient power supplies into desktop computers and servers.”
Most power supplies weren’t designed for energy efficiency and typically use more power than they need to during day-to-day operations. Some even draw electricity even when a computer is turned off. 80 PLUS certifies that a power supply will only use the power it needs, which in turn saves energy costs. So far, over 635 power supplies have been certified by 80 PLUS and many major computer manufacturers are selling qualified computers.
To learn more about 80 PLUS, check out its website: www.80plus.org
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