The Campus Environmental Center (CEC) at UT handles recycling of aluminum cans and #1 and #2 plastics. There are 24 large, blue barrels located throughout campus for outdoor recycling. They can only accept plastic bottles without lids. Please do not put full bottles or anything that has been used for food or hygiene [...]]]> Aluminum and Plastic

The Campus Environmental Center (CEC) at UT handles recycling of aluminum cans and #1 and #2 plastics. There are 24 large, blue barrels located throughout campus for outdoor recycling. They can only accept plastic bottles without lids. Please do not put full bottles or anything that has been used for food or hygiene purposes in these barrels.

Indoor recycling is a voluntary program which you can sign up for. Volunteers “adopt” barrels indoors and are responsible for carrying bags of recycling to a pre-designated pick-up location. Student drivers collect bags usually once a week. The CEC cease operations during the winter and spring breaks, so do arrange for a pickup prior to these holidays. Please visit their Web site if you have any additional questions or concerns or would like to adopt-a-barrel.

Ink and Toner Cartridges

The Campus Environmental Center (CEC) recycles ink and toner cartridges from UT and from your home. Sign up online and create a collection point in your office or department. When it has 5-20 cartridges, you can call a student volunteer to do a pickup. Once again, these pickups are handled throughout the school year and are not operational during winter break or spring break. Make sure you get a pick up before these breaks. You can also drop off your printer cartridges at the CEC office in SER 207.

Document Solutions Printing Services also recycle printer ink cartridges only from UT. Through them, you can drop off a box of cartridges at any Campus Mail pick-up location, at the Mail Services Building, or call 512-471-6523 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              512-471-6523      end_of_the_skype_highlighting to arrange a large pickup. Another option is to drop them off at any office product store (e.g. Office Depot, Office Max).

Via: utexas.edu

“The technology behind [...]]]> Last spring, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) introduced its ColorQube^™ 9200 Series multifunction printer (MFP) with a straightforward proposition – affordable color that lowers the environmental impact of office printing. One year later, organizations around the world say it’s true – solid ink technology is making a positive impact on business and the environment.

“The technology behind the ColorQube 9200 Series, along with Xerox’s marketing of the solution, has been very well-received in the marketplace,” said Angele Boyd, GVP/GM, Imaging/Output/Document Solutions, IDC. “The MFP is answering a definite need for businesses worldwide and is a testimony to the benefits of Xerox’s solid ink technology.”

Customers using the ColorQube 9200 Series to cut costs and meet their sustainability goals include:

• CityCenter (U.S.), an urban destination of hotels and residences, spas, dining and shopping on the Las Vegas Strip, recently installed 37 ColorQube 9200 MFPs to help meet sustainability goals. The MFPs generate 90 percent less supplies waste, 9 percent less lifecycle energy and 10 percent fewer greenhouse gases than a comparable laser-based product and are located in every property in the development, including the flagship ARIA Resort&Casino.

CityCenter has achieved six LEED^® gold certifications by the U.S. Green Building Council. The solid ink MFPs are just one part of its commitment to using sustainable elements and practices to create a healthier environment at CityCenter.

• The ColorQube 9200 Series is helping businesses in Europe reduce their color printing costs, including Capespan (U.K.), a leading fresh produce company that installed two ColorQube 9200 MFPs at its headquarters earlier this year. The MFPs cut the cost of color pages by up to 62 percent compared to traditional color lasers, without compromising print quality, saving the company thousands of dollars.

“When looking for new office printing equipment, our objective was to consolidate the total number of printers, while retaining productivity levels,” said Jeremy Sykes, network manager, Capespan. “The ColorQube 9200s have accomplished this goal with a lower cost of ownership and impressive reliability.”

• Corus Entertainment Inc. (Canada), one of Canada’s largest and most-successful media and entertainment companies, has entered into a five-year partnership with Xerox Global Services to run its Corus Print Centre. The deal enabled Corus to replace 240 older print devices with 43 new Xerox machines, including 30 ColorQube 9202 MFPs.

The MFPs will help Corus reduce costs, increase staff productivity and build on the sustainability initiatives associated with the company’s new LEED gold-certified headquarters.

The ColorQube 9200 Series will be on display at IPEX 2010, May 18-25 in Birmingham, U.K. Xerox’s booth is located in Hall 7.

Via: finanznachrichten.de

Earlier this week, The INQUIRER reported that Michelle Sullivan wasn’t able to use her HP Photosmart C7180 printer after moving from Australia to Malta. After Ms Sullivan’s failed attempts to [...]]]> FLOGGER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP will help one of its users who found that moving countries fell afoul of the firm’s divide and conquer strategy.

Earlier this week, The INQUIRER reported that Michelle Sullivan wasn’t able to use her HP Photosmart C7180 printer after moving from Australia to Malta. After Ms Sullivan’s failed attempts to purchase a print cartridge for the six-month old printer failed, she then turned to HP’s support, but was told by the firm’s representatives that its print cartridges are regionalised and those on sale in Malta simply would not work with her printer.

After that advice, first from HP’s main dealer in Malta and a botched attempt at receiving support from an HP online support contact, which the firm is now accurately describing as “bad”, Ms Sullivan was left wondering what to do with a printer that had become effectively useless.

To HP’s credit, after reading our report and the stack of readers’ comments, the company will be getting in touch with Ms Sullivan to arrange for her printer to be reset to work in Malta.

The firm said that any other user who crosses its printer cartridge border can have their device reset to the required locale by simply calling their local customer support centre where a representative will detail the process.

HP said that the process of regionalising cartridges started in 2004 and that “the printers and cartridges are designed to work together in the region in which the products were designated for sale and use.” Given that the process seems fairly painless and can be done over the telephone, we’re unsure what advantages there are for the consumer with its decision to regionalise printers and cartridges.

It seems the expensive printer ink company is perfectly willing to reset the printer’s region, if you manage to find a representative who wants to help you.

Thanks to The INQUIRER and its readers, Ms Sullivan won’t have to throw away her HP printer just yet.

Via: theinquirer.net

Because different fonts require different amounts of ink to print, you could be buying new printer ink cartridges less often if you wrote in, say, Century Gothic rather than Arial. Schools and businesses could save thousands of [...]]]> MILWAUKEE – Here’s a way you might save $20 this year: Change the font in the documents you print.

Because different fonts require different amounts of ink to print, you could be buying new printer ink cartridges less often if you wrote in, say, Century Gothic rather than Arial. Schools and businesses could save thousands of dollars with font changes.

Data on the subject from Printer.com, a Dutch company that evaluates printer attributes, persuaded the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to make a switch. Diane Blohowiak, coordinator of information-technology user support, has asked faculty and staff to use Century Gothic for all printed documents. The school also plans to change its e-mail system so it uses Century Gothic.

The school of 6,500 students spends about $100,000 per year on ink and toner cartridges. Although students and staff can change the default font to something more ink-intensive, Blohowiak said the university expects to save $5,000 to $10,000 per year with the font switch.

When Printer.com tested popular fonts for their ink-friendly ways, Century Gothic and Times New Roman topped the list. Calibri, Verdana, Arial and Sans Serif were next, followed by Trebuchet, Tahoma and Franklin Gothic Medium. Century Gothic uses about 30 percent less ink than Arial.

The amount of ink a font drains is mainly driven by the thickness of its lines. A font with “narrow” or “light” in its name is usually better than its “bold” or “black” counterpart, said Thom Brown, an ink researcher at Hewlett-Packard Co., the world’s top maker of printers.

Also, serif fonts — those with short horizontal lines at the top and bottom of characters — tend to use thinner lines and thus less ink than a “sans serif” counterpart.

But while using less ink at home can help you buy roughly one fewer printer cartridge each year, it’s not necessarily better for the environment.

That’s because some fonts that use less ink, including Century Gothic, are also wider. A document that’s one page in Arial could extend to a second page if printed in Century Gothic. Blohowiak said her research suggests that ink comprises the main cost of a printout, but the environmental costs of paper are probably higher.

Also, Century Gothic was designed for limited blocks of text such as titles and headlines, not for full documents, said Haley, who describes fonts as his “children.” Despite Printer.com’s research and UW-Green Bay’s experience, Haley said he still recommends Times New Roman or Arial for their readability.

The standard advice for trimming printing expenses still applies: Print in “draft mode,” if you can. Use both sides of a page and do a print preview to make sure you’re not printing pages with useless text such as a copyright line. Using an ink-saving font is just one more technique to consider.

And the greenest way to save on ink is not to print at all.

That’s the philosophy Microsoft Corp. said it uses in deciding which fonts to include in its Outlook and Word applications. The more pleasing a font looks on the screen, the less tempted someone will be to print, said Simon Daniels, a program manager for Microsoft’s typography group.

That’s why the company changed its defaults in Office 2007 from Arial and Times New Roman to Calibri and Cambria, he said.

Via: foxnews.com

“With our continued commitment to recycling, we look forward to the day when reusing and refilling cartridges is as common as separating [...]]]> Cartridge World the ink and toner remanufacturing retailer and franchisor, is reminding everyone on Earth Day (April 22) that saving money and helping the environment is easy when it comes to reusing printer cartridges.

“With our continued commitment to recycling, we look forward to the day when reusing and refilling cartridges is as common as separating waste materials in our homes,” said Steven Yeffa, President of Cartridge World Americas. “Recycling programs for cans, bottles and papers are mainstream, but few realize the additional impact they can make by reusing and refilling printer cartridges. The 40^th Anniversary of Earth Day in 2010 provides Cartridge World customers a way to be earth friendly and save their hard-earned money in the process.”

Customers simply swap out their empty cartridge or purchase one already prefilled and find a significant savings compared to buying new. Recycling bins are also stationed at all Cartridge World retail locations for the general public to drop off their empty printer ink cartridges.

Via: marketwire.com