HP’s online tools calculate carbon footprint, potential cost savings and reduce unnecessary printing from Web sites
HP was on-site at An Event for Change promoting its efforts to reduce the environmental impact of imaging and printing. According to Brett Bailey, manager of marketing and development for WBM Office Systems, implementing a print optimization strategy with HP technology delivers cost savings on a number of fronts.
“Primarily, wherever a deployment is driven by an assessment and infrastructure optimization program, cost savings result from having the proper devices in place to handle workflow and volume requirements. In most cases, we are consolidating pages onto faster MFP’s such as the 9040, with lower per page operating costs,” he said.
Reducing the number of devices, often by over 50 per cent, leads to additional savings in energy consumption, said Bailey. “The new devices themselves require far less energy to operate, as they benefit from technology such as instant-on fusers and low melt toner…clients like [Farm Credit Canada] see cost savings in overall efficiencies in managing the infrastructure remotely, utilizing HP utilities such as WebJetAdmin and Universal Print Driver.”
HP provides three online tools to help you get started:
1) The HP Carbon Footprint Calculator allows you to compare the carbon footprint of your existing printer fleet to that of a new, optimized fleet. The calculator assesses printer energy and paper use, the carbon impact of usage and associated monetary costs.
2) The HP LaserJet Power Calculator compares product-specific energy data from HP LaserJet printers with data from competitor products and older HP models to illustrate energy savings in kilowatt hours and estimated dollars achieved by upgrading older devices.
3) HP’s Smart Web tool is a free Internet application that allows you to pick and choose what you want to print from Web sites, avoiding unwanted pages and unnecessary information.