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Printing
Only What You Need
Although it does not seem like it, printing is expensive.
1000 printed pages costs about $50! Therefore, it is a
good idea to only print what is necessary for class. It is
a good idea to use discretion when printing items that your
Professor places on a class website for your personal
consumption or other articles & documents that are not required
for class. If at all possible, save electronic copies of
these files to your network space (the My Documents folder or
the Desktop), a USB drive, A Zip Disk, or a CD. That way
you can review them at your leisure without having to carry
around large amounts of paper. If it is something that
needs to be printed, it may be a good idea to us N-Page printing
(described below) to get at least 4 pages per sheet of paper.
Don't Print Everything All At Once
While it may be tempting to print everything
on your Professor's website at the start of the semester, it is
a better idea to wait until after the first day of class and ask
your professor what is needed and what is for personal use.
Not everything an instructor makes available is material you are
responsible for.
N-Up Printing
Another excellent way to conserve paper is by
using the N-Up Printing option. This feature allows you to
print multiple pages onto one piece of paper by shrinking each
page.
If you use duplex mode with N-Up you
could print 16 pages onto one piece of paper!
You can access Printing
Options/Properties by using File -> Print instead of the print
button/icon.
It's possible to direct your printouts to a different tray.
Under the Paper tab along the top of the Printer Properties page
is the Paper settings page. Click on the drop-down arrow under
the heading Output to change the output tray.
Also located under Paper settings, is the Landscape printing
option. This works nicely when you're trying to print wider
pages, like diagrams.
Printer
Friendly WebPages
When printing WebPages, it always a good idea to look for the
"Printer Friendly Webpage" or the "Printer Friendly Version"
link usually located at the bottom of an article. This
will take you to a version of the article that or webpage that
does not include frames or graphics. Using the printer
friendly version generally results in lower page counts and
toner usage.
Printing
PowerPoint Slides
When printing PowerPoint slides,
there is a "Print What:" option at the lower left of the
printing option window. The default selection is "Slides,"
if you print this way it will print each page in separated
sheet. To print 3 slides per page, or any other
configuration (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 slides/page),
change this option to "Handouts."
This will then allow you to change the handouts
configuration on the right.
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