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Friday 8 July 2016

Find Out About Sustainable Digital Printing

By Frances Nelson


There are several types of printing which can be used in order to achieve the information that require to be printed. The kind of print which does not alter the environmental status is known as digital print. Sustainable digital printing eradicates the analogue way of doing this known as customary that causes environmental damage because of the raw materials that are used.

This kind of print comes along with a handful of merits over customary ones. There are also demerits of this; we find out that it uses energy and products are obtained from trees. During the process some toxins are blown to the environs and these toxins are known as volatile organic compounds. The compounds pose a threat to the human health.

Digital publishing is a low energy consuming process hence it is should be used in large and middle-sized companies to cover all the needs. Pages which are printed are minimal hence saving on the papers used to print and the budget of buying the papers is reduced. It also makes the place of work free from hazards that are polluted into the environment by analogue print and cares for the environment in general.

Analogue publishing comes along with a handful of demerits whereby standard printer ink is used. The ink is manufactures using petroleum which produces volatile organic products which are released to the environment. These organic compounds are not good for the human health once inhaled hence causing health problems in the near future.

We have tips that can help in every place of work that requires paper work in order to save on the expenditure and achieve a clean environment. This includes advanced digital methods that require minimal paper work. Electronic mail sharing can be used to send files and memos and any other information that requires to be passed all over the work place, Microsoft Powerpoint and projectors should also be used during conferences thanks to the developed technology so that every attendant can grasp the content that is being conveyed.

Used papers should be re-used in order to reduce wastage of resources used to acquire new paper reams. In business, there should be a policy of using minimum resources to get maximum profits hence the directors and business owners should take note of that. Editing of printed papers after putting them in a scanner can achieve new information which is later put on the papers.

Double-sided papers are better since they do save on the pages used during printing, it is therefore necessary to adopt this method rather than having single-sided paper. Printers should be reset and made have the setting that enables papers to be double-sided known as duplex. There are printers that do not have these feature hence companies should replace them with the digital printers.

Lastly, when writing documents; the margins should be extended to make the document carry more text on the page being printed. When this is done less pages are printed per document. When the following tips are put in place the environment will be clean and companies profit margins will escalate to greater heights hence pleasing the shareholders.




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