Minimizing Your Printer's Environmental Impact; Saving Paper And Toner; Using Recycled Paper; Conserving Supplies - Lexmark T656 User Manual

Minimizing your printer's environmental impact

Minimizing your printer's environmental impact
Lexmark is committed to environmental sustainability and is continually improving its printers to reduce their impact
on the environment. We design with the environment in mind, engineer our packaging to reduce materials, and provide
collection and recycling programs. For more information, see:
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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 further reduce your printer's impact on the environment.
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 paper and the following printing suggestions, such 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 quickly save paper and energy using one printer setting, see "Using Eco-Mode".

Using recycled paper

As an environmentally conscious company, Lexmark supports the use of recycled office paper produced specifically for
use in laser printers. For more information on recycled papers that work well with your printer, see "Using recycled
paper" on page 68.

Conserving supplies

There are a number of ways you can reduce the amount of paper and toner you use. You can:
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Print on both sides of the paper.
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Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. Use the Print dialog to print up to 16 pages of a multiple‑page document
on a single sheet of paper.
• Check your first draft for accuracy. Before printing:
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Use the Lexmark preview feature, which you can select from the Print dialog, the Lexmark Toolbar, or the printer
display, to see what the document will look like before you print it.
– Print one copy of the document to check its content and format for accuracy.
• Carefully select and load paper to avoid paper jams. For more information, see "Loading paper" on page 34.
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