Going Green: Helping the Environment

Close the Loop

As a top Toshiba Equipment dealer Stargel Office Solutions works
closely with Toshiba America Business Solutions. Recently TABS
partnered with Close the Loop,
a world-class recycler of imaging consumables, to create the “Zero
Waste to Landfill” recycling program. To sign up simply fill in the
form at the bottom of this page.

For an idea of how Stargel Office Solutions' and TABS' partnership with Close the Loop can help the environment, please click here to view a very informative video.

Calculate Your Carbon Footprint

One of the first steps in helping the environment is to know what your
impact to the environment is and explore ways to improve your carbon
footprint. Our partner HP has a tool that can help. Just click this link to get started.

Reducing Paper Usage

Looking for strategies to reduce paper usage? The average office
employee consumes over 10,000 pages per year. This costs companies an
average of $15,000 per employee. Cutting paper usage not only reduces
expenses, it also helps the environment.

Five ways that you can immediately reduce paper output include:

Use Private Printing

Most multifunction
systems and some printers have a private printing feature. This feature
holds print jobs at network printers until the user walks up and enters
a personal identification number. The job is then quickly printed. This
eliminates “abandoned” print jobs, cutting waste. If nobody claims the
job, it can be deleted from the print queue after a certain amount of
time. New technologies take private printing to the next level. Users
can print a job and walk up to any network printer. When they present
their PIN, employee ID or security card, the job prints out. This gives
users the flexibility to print anywhere on the network. Plus, unclaimed
jobs will not be left sitting on the printer where they can be picked
up by other employees. This helps enhance security.

Duplex Printing

Most multifunction systems and
some network printers feature duplex printing and copying that prints
on both sides of a piece of paper. Devices can be set to default to
duplex prints and copies. This simply step would immediately cut paper
usage (and costs) by up to 50%.

Check Jobs Before Printing

Many print jobs end
up including extra pages that might only have one line on the last
page. This is particularly true when printing emails or web pages.
Before sending the print job, simply select the pages you want to
print. If you only need the first page, choose to print “current page”
only. If this saved just five pages per employee each day, an office
with 100 employees would save 125,000 pages per year.

Print Forms on Demand

Many business forms are
printed in bulk. Often, these forms become obsolete before they are
used. As a result, many pre-printed forms are discarded each year.
Electronic forms technology allows you to print forms on demand. Form
elements are simply overlaid on top of the print job. This allows you
to print completed forms on any printer or multifunction system in your
office, eliminating the usage and cost of pre-printed forms.

Use Scan-to-Email Instead of Faxing

Scan-to-email features on new multifunction systems allow you to send
scanned documents as PDF email attachments. This is an
environmentally-friendly alternative to faxing since the document is
not automatically printed at the receiving end. Instead, the recipient
can view the PDF, forward it, save it. If it needs to be printed, it is
up to the recipient. Not only does this save paper, it also enhances
security.

Combining environmentally friendly office practices with the latest
technology can help you reduce your company’s paper usage. Not only
does this save trees, it also saves money. Contact us today to learn more about how you could benefit from our green office solutions.

To learn more about how your office can reduce paper, contact Stargel Office Solutions today.