There are many ways to save your office or home on money when it comes to printer supplies. In a previous blog, I highlighted the need for finding an efficient printer for your needs. After you have found the printer with a low cost per page print, there are some ways to conserve ink and save on the cost of printer ink. When you print, you can avoid using too much ink with a few slight modifications to your print jobs.

First, only print what you need. This might sound like a no-brainer, but how many times is a receipt printed for bookkeeping purposes and the page is half advertisements. Another time more pages might be printed is when printing off email or from a website. In both these instances, there is opportunity that more pages than anticipated will be printed. This is step is a simple way to print less, but it takes being vigilant and viewing the print preview to assure it represents your intent.

When printing documents, it will save you ink when printing if the font size is smaller, but still reasonable. Obviously, it needs to be legible and not microscopic, but you can print it off at a 10 or 12 point instead of a 14 point font. Another way to conserve ink is to proof the documents before printing, especially for presentation documents. Grammatical errors can be hiding. If you have to reprint, you’ll be wasting resources.

An additional way to save money on ink, is to make it a habit of changing the printer settings for each print. This is another small change, but it will give you the flexibility of changing to high quality for the presentation documents or a draft quality for other non-public documents. Finally, after you have conserved ink on your print jobs, you can save money on purchasing your printer supplies by shopping at a low cost supplier like Cartridgex UK. We carry a wide range in ink cartridges, toner and fax rolls brands including the kx fa52x model for the Panasonic at a low cost.