1. Ecofficient Printing

2. MARKET PAIN
A study by Lexmark1 found that an average of 17%
of enterprise printing was wasteful - pages the user
didn’t need.
Printing waste includes but is not limited to:
Mostly blank pages from Internet Explorer
Excel documents that “bleed” over to additional pages
A page with ad images
Long e-mail chains from Outlook
1http://www.greeninnovation.com.au/articles/LexmarkPrinterWasteStudy1.pdf
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3. OUR SOLUTION
What Is PrintEco?
PrintEco is a suite of plugins for MS Internet
Explorer, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, & Outlook to
eliminate printing waste.
PrintEco plugins are designed to recognize
printing waste, flag for removal, optimize
margins and font size, and allow users to print
multiple sheets onto one page
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4. OUR SOLUTION
Example of PrintEco for
the Internet Browser
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5. OUR SOLUTION
User likes this article and wants to print it
He or she clicks on “Print friendly version”
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6. OUR SOLUTION
Printer Friendly Version
IE Print Preview
screenshot
illustrates that
there is still
unneeded imagery,
poor formatting,
blank space etc.
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7. OUR SOLUTION
Our Solution:
User clicks on “PrintEco”
rather than “Print”
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8. OUR SOLUTION
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9. OUR SOLUTION
Above screenshot shows that the original 6
page document has been optimized down to 2.
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10. OUR SOLUTION
If user is happy with the new document, the
user can print by clicking on the print icon in
the upper left hand corner.
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11. OUR SOLUTION
Alternatively, the user can remove the last page
by simply clicking on it if user doesn’t need it.
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12. OUR SOLUTION
In case the user did need the last page, he/she
can click on the “magnifying icon” to scale the
content.
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13. OUR SOLUTION
PrintEco Analytics
The PrintEco Analytics dashboard allows management
to track the environmental and financial impact by
customizable factors such as location, division etc.
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