All the talk these days is about how to go green and save green meaning help the environment and save money at the same time. There are super simple ways in which everybody can make a difference, it’s just a matter of actually doing it. One way is by using GreenPrint, software designed to cut out wasted pages before you print which results in saved paper (helping the environment) and saved money (which helps you).
On their website, they say that GreenPrint was started “in an effort to end wasteful printing worldwide.” They offer both free and paid version with different features so that everybody can benefit. Some of the features include:
- Track the impact of using the software by viewing the dollars, pages, and greenhouse gases you have saved
- Print to PDF
So what is it that it does? Well, it highlights unwanted content like banner ads and spaces and removes them. There is also the option to remove unwanted images from a page before you start printing. Once all of the unwanted space and extras are removed, then you can print. They estimate that those who use the software regularly could save up to $90 each year and users combined could save millions of trees! Below you’ll find a few screenshots of what the software looks like, taken from their website:
As mentioned, there is a free version as well as two different versions that you’ll have to pay for. Home Premium and Enterprise versions feature a quick-loading preview, and an advertising-free preview, among other things unlike the World edition. They have a nice comparison chart that outlines all of the details that’s worth checking out if you think you might want to buy. Prices range from $35-$40 for Home Premium and $70-$75 for Enterprise. You can also purchase an EverGreen Font for $10 where the characters are designed to allow more words to fit on a printed page. For most of you, the free World edition will do the job, and that can be downloaded here.
Thanks for the tip Jack of all Trades!
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@Ashley:
I’m so glad you reviewed this printing utility to give us an opportunity to help save our planet. I know many still think that global warming and climate change is a political hoax. They only have to take a look around and see what is happening:
1. Enormous wildfires in California
2. Frighting droughts in the South West and and deep South
3. Rapidly thawing glaciers in Greenland and South America
4. Severe winters in China and U.S.
5. Wide area floods in Bangladesh
6. Destructive tropical storms and hurricanes
If we all decide to save “something”, it will have a global effect on our planet. It just takes one to get the ball rolling. I’m downloading this utility right now and start saving ink and paper. This is my small contribution to the green movement.
Thanks a lot for the tip, Ashley.
Regards,
Omar.-
the whole global warming thing is a joke. sure, the planet is changing, but nobody knows why or how to fix it. go green? go kiss my ass!
Absolutely, the planet is rapidly changing and the scientific community knows exactly why. It was clearly recently explained at Bali. The United Nations Climate Control Panel has been trying to convince our leaders to act, but so far they have offered a deaf ear. The scientific community also knows how to fix it, the problem is people don’t want to listen, until it’s too late.
I’m afraid it’s already too late. Too much damage has already been made and still people think it’s a joke or a hoax. I’ll just follow my conscience and do whatever I think is right. After all, I won’t be alive when the sh….t hits the fan.
Regards,
Omar.-
too late to fix? ok, then let’s stop with all the go green bullshit.
If I were to want to try to save paper, I think FinePrint would do a better job by printing multiple pages on a single page. It can be found at http://www.fineprint.com/
As GreenPrint, I think you can accomplish the same thing using the Aardvark extension in Firefox to remove elements you don’t want to print with one of the free PDF printing utilites (this is what I use).
Still it does look interesting and I will check it out, but I wanted to alert users to other option too.
Can we stop with the myth about saving “millions of trees”? The amount of tree cover in North America today is similar to that of about 70 or even 100 years ago. Most paper is made from quick-growth trees and recycled paper. We are not cutting down swaths of virgin forests for paper.
Vincent Clement, I suggest you start thinking globally, than just your own country! As a small island (the UK, compared to the USA) I see what global warming is doing and the devastating impact that we humans have on OUR planet. Besides that, this is an excellent software, but I wish the PDF was an option; that would have made the download smaller giving more savings on energy. Also, if you have PDF already why do you need another. It’s FREE and doing the job. Thanks for the link CyberNews.
PS Omar, don’t be a fatalist, I know we are all doomed!
Unfortunately it doesn’t look like that program is free, otherwise it would be pretty nice to print multiple pages on a single sheet.
That is a really good point about including a PDF reader. I’m one of those that already has a PDF reader so having another realy wouldn’t do me much good. Even though it is free, it would be nice if it were an option.