Minimizing your printer's environmentalimpact
Lexmark is committed to environ mental sustainabili ty and is conti nually improving it s printers to red uce their impact
on the environment. We design with the environment in mind, engineer our packaging to reduce materials, and
provide collection and recycling program s. For more information, see:
•The Notices chapter
•The Environmental Sustainability section of the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/ environment
•The Lexmark recycling program at www.lexmark.com/recycling
By selecting certain printer settings or tasks, you may be able to reduce your printer's impact even further. This chapter
outlines the settings and tasks that may yield a greater environmental benefit.

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 pape r and the following printing suggestions, s uch 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 qu ickly save paper and energy u sing one printer setting, see "U sing Eco-Mode".

Using recycled paper

As an environmentally conscious company, Lexmar k supports the use of recycled office pape r produced specifically
for use in laser printers. For more in formation on recycl ed papers that work well w ith your printer, see “Using recycled
paper and other office papers ” on page 57.

Conserving supplies

There are a number of ways to reduce the amount of paper you use when printing, copying, or receiving fax es. You
can:
Use both sides of the paper
You can control whether print appears on one or two sides of the paper for an in coming fax, a printed document, or
a copy. For more information, see:
•“Printing on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” o n page 63
•“Copying on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” on page 73
•“Printing incoming faxes on both sides of the paper (duplexing)” on page 98
Place multiple pages on one sheet of pa per
You can print up to 16 consecutive pages of a multiple-page docume nt onto one side of a single sheet of paper from
the Print dialog.
To copy two or four consecutive pages of a multiple-page document onto one side of a single sheet of paper, see
“Copying multiple pages onto a single s heet” on page 76.
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