Green Committee: Printing

Saving Paper One Sheet at a Time

Not all printers on our network can print on both sides of the paper, but several do have this capability. For a list of all printers and notes on printer location and capabilities, go to Printer Info. Anything with the word "duplex" in the comment column has the capability to print double-sided.

If you want an additional way to save paper for long documents and you don?t mind small print, you can also print 2-4 pages per sheet of paper (from any printer). You can actually print up to 16 pages per sheet, but this would be pretty small print. To maintain readability, a maximum of 4 is recommended.

To REALLY save paper, print the 2-4 pages per sheet on both sides of the paper.

Printing Double-Sided (both sides of the paper)

• Click "File" and "Print" (or Ctrl-P)
• Choose a printer that has duplex capability
• Click "Properties" (top right corner of pop-up box)
• On the "Finishing" tab (default), under "Document Options", choose "Print on both sides". The default prints the pages for "flipping" side to side. If you want the pages oriented for "flipping" the pages up, click to mark the "flip pages up" option
• Click "OK"
• Click "OK" to print

Printing 2-4 pages per sheet (any printer)

• Click "File" and "Print" (or Ctrl-P)
• Under "Zoom", choose the number of pages per sheet.
• Click "OK" to print

For more options on the order the pages appear on the sheet:

• Click "Properties" (top right corner of pop-up box)
• On the "Finishing" tab (default), under "Document Options", choose the number of pages per sheet and the preferred order they appear on the page (see the graphic for a view on how this will look)
• Click "OK"
• Click "OK" to print