How to Reduce Printing Costs by 17%: A Guide to Doing Well and Doing Good by Printing Less (PDF)
*The savings calculator is meant to provide a rough estimate of annual savings. For more detailed information on the benefits GreenPrint can create for your organization please contact sales@printgreener.com
The data used to calculate the savings are taken from an independent study by Lexmark and Citigroup.
The GreenPrint Enterprise Edition was designed to address the volume and waste of network printing. It was created for organizations with multiple printers and works equally well in organizations of 10 or 10,000.
Windows XP/Vista/7, Citrix
PDF and Save a Bundle. A lot of web documents are printed only because there is not an easy way to save documents in their web form (e.g. newspaper articles, receipts, etc). Saving text is simple enough, but documents such as receipts or newspaper articles which combine images and formatted text are not as straightforward. Recognizing this need, GreenPrint provides a one-click icon in Internet Explorer that saves web documents as a PDF file. This preserves the web format without wasting paper. This PDF writer is also incorporated into the print preview so any document can easily be saved to file (after eliminating wasted pages) rather than being printed. For most users, this will also eliminate the need to buy a separate PDF writer such as Adobe Acrobat which can retail for up to $499.
Track Your Impact. GreenPrint integrates a reporting function that allows users to easily monitor their printing habits in order to quantify the dollars, pages, greenhouse emissions and trees the software has saved. The Enterprise Edition allows an administrator to aggregate the results across the company, view numerous different metrics, and provides an overview that allows administrators to critically explore areas where further savings may be possible.
Halve the Recycle Bin. The Enterprise Edition also incorporates a Recycle Printer button. When the recycle button is pushed, the document is printed on paper which was previously printed on one side and discarded (waste paper). This is done by allowing the network administrator to designate printers or print trays as "Recycled" - these would then be filled with waste paper which would get one more use before being recycled.
Climate Change. If widely adopted, GreenPrint could have a meaningful impact on the reduction of greenhouse gasses. If the entire Fortune 500 adopted GreenPrint, CO2 emissions would be reduced by over 12 billion pounds - the equivalent of removing over a million cars from the road for an entire year.
Hundreds of Millions. We believe the combination of these features will save the average Fortune 500 company over $2 million per year. These savings will be achieved through reduced ink, toner, disposal costs, paper, and employee time savings (less time will be wasted filling printers with paper, changing toner/ink, looking for documents amid wasted pages at the print station, disposing of unnecessary wasted pages, etc). More importantly, each large company that uses GreenPrint will save thousands of trees per year, in addition to reducing greenhouse gasses, energy consumption, solid waste, and other pollutants. If the software is widely adopted by homes and businesses, the environmental benefits will be staggering - tens or even hundreds of millions of trees saved each year.
A Win/Win Solution. GreenPrint is unique in that it saves time and money while benefiting the environment, rather than trading off cost reduction and environmental friendliness. We hope this win/win outcome will help to fundamentally shift the way businesses view green technology.
A Fortune 500 company using GreenPrint would save over $2 million, 4000 trees and prevent over 12,000 tons of CO2 emissions each year
If all the Fortune 500 used GreenPrint, 2 million trees would be saved every year
If all the Fortune 500 used GreenPrint, CO2 emissions would be reduced by over 12 billion pounds
GreenPrint not only has a positive impact on the environment, it also pays for itself very quickly. Based on a detailed print waste study by Lexmark International, Inc. and a joint study by Citigroup and Environmental Defense, we estimate that GreenPrint pays for itself in less than 6 months. These savings are based solely on the paper, ink and time GreenPrint saves. Taking into account toner and ink savings from the image removal tool and option to PDF documents instead of printing makes an even stronger business case for using GreenPrint.
We would be happy to arrange a complimentary 30 day trial for your office. To set up a trial or for more information on trials please email sales@printgreener.com.
If you would like to present GreenPrint to others in your office (Green Team, sustainability board, purchasing department, etc.) we can help. Contact us with the approximate number of users in your organization and we will create a short presentation for you that highlights the environmental and cost benefits of using GreenPrint.
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Do I need to buy one license for each computer in my office, or is the $70 fee a site license?
GreenPrint is licensed per computer. You will need to purchase a license key for each computer in your organization. Volume discounts and site licenses are available.
We are currently running a promotion to pay large organizations to "Go Green". To find out more about this program, click here. Please contact sales@printgreener.com for more information.
How do I get a free trial of the Enterprise Edition
We are happy to set you or a group of users in your organization up with a free trial of the Enterprise Edition. For more information please contact sales@printgreener.com.
Where can I get technical support for my Enterprise Edition of GreenPrint?
There is an extensive support and FAQ page available here.
What additional functionality does the administrator have?
Standard users can link to the administrator, where all savings created by GreenPrint can be aggregated into an Enterprise report. The administrator has the ability to view the Enterprise report, customize paper and ink costs, and view reports for individual printers.
What is the Enterprise report?
The Enterprise report is a comprehensive report that displays the compiled savings for all GreenPrint users reporting to the administrator. Metrics calculated include: money saved, pages saved, trees saved, and CO2 reduced. Savings can be viewed for the day/week/month/year. The Enterprise report is only available to the administrator and cannot be viewed by other users.
Also, you can always email support@printgreener.com with any questions, and we will do our best to get back to you within 24 hours.