Every paper that is printed has the combination of many toxic chemicals that affects your work environment and our living environment. It is possible to avoid this if we follow better management tactics. Organizations should be environmentally responsible as they are about their business. Following such path will be helpful to diminish the usage of toxic chemicals, to run the printing techniques in an eco-friendly manner and to utilize the raw products resourcefully.

Tips to follow, when Going Green in printing: 

1. The usage of paper should be in a wise manner. Try to use papers as few as possible. Never print the documents in non-standard size of papers. Standard size papers are available make use of them wisely. By this you can save lot of papers for your print.
2. Another way to eco-friendly printing is to minimize the printing volume or the page count. Reducing your page count will create more cost-effective printings and there will be less waste generated. Apart from reducing the reading content, there are several other ways that you can reduce your page count - use narrow margins, smaller font sizes, and print on both sides of the pages.
3. Update your mailing lists regularly so that only the customers who merit the printouts are receiving them. Discuss with your dealers about what marketing materials they really need and only print those and nothing else. You can also switch over to CDs, which are especially appreciated at trade shows. 
4. The most assured way to go green with your printing is to go paperless as much as possible. Send proofs via email instead of hard copies. Company announcements and memos can be delivered electronically through a website or email.
5. Place recycling bins near the trash cans and copy machines.
6. Cut paper use in half through duplex printing and copying.
7. Replace hard to manage desktop printers, copiers and scanners with one efficient multifunction system that can reduce energy use by 50%
8. Use the scan to e-mail capabilities of modern multifunction system to reduce the need to print and mail hard copy documents.
9. Request online proofing of files whenever possible.
10. When leaving the office, be sure to power down your equipments.