Earth Smart Settings

Earth Smart settings allow you to reduce environmental pollution while printing by reducing the use of materials and energy. You can select Earth Smart Settings as the default for all of your print jobs.

The green Earth Smart Settings button is located in the bottom left area of the print driver next to the defaults button. Use this button to select Earth Smart settings for all print jobs.

Notes:

• Earth Smart options that do not appear as a selection are not supported by your print driver. Earth Smart options that do not appear as a selection are not supported by your print driver.
• Changing Earth Smart Settings on a print job sent from within a software application changes the settings for the current job only. Changing the Earth Smart Settings within the print driver changes the default settings for all applications.

To set defaults for Earth Smart Settings:

1. To print every job using both sides of the paper, select Set 2-Sided Print as default.
   • 2-Sided Print prints the job on both sides of the paper to allow binding on the long edge of the paper. The following illustrations show the result for documents with portrait and landscape orientations, respectively:

   

2. To prevent banner pages from printing with every print job, select Turn Off Banner Pages by default. If desired, select an additional option:

   A banner page is a separator page that prints with a print job. A banner page includes the network user name of the job submitter and the document name. When using a banner page, the page separates each completed print job in the output bin. On some printers, the control panel setting overrides the banner page option selected in the print driver.

   • Print ID in Margins - First Page Only prints the job identification on the first page of the document in the top-left margin.
   • Print ID in Margins - All Pages prints the job identification in the top-left margin on every page of the document.
3. To print every job with 2 reduced-sized pages on each side of the paper, select Set 2-Up as my default Layout.

   If desired, select Enable Smart 2-Up by default.

   If Smart 2-Up is enabled, and your job is one page, one full-sized page prints on the paper. When Smart 2-Up is enabled and:

   • You select 1-Sided Print for a job that is two pages or more, two reduced-size pages print on one side of the paper.
   • You select 2-Sided Print for a job that is two pages, a full-sized page prints on each one side of one sheet of paper.
   • You select 2-Sided Print for a job that is two pages or more, two reduced-size pages print on each side of the paper.

   When Smart 2-Up is disabled, Pages Per Sheet (N-up) defaults to printing two reduced-size pages on one side of the paper.

4. To use the Sample Set feature automatically, select Set Sample Set as my Job Type. Sample Set uses less paper and toner or ink.

   The Sample Set job type prints one copy of a multiple-copy print job before printing the remaining copies. After reviewing the sample set, you can either print the remaining copies or delete them at the printer control panel.

   If desired, select Enable Smart Sample Set.

   Smart Sample Set prints one copy of a job to allow you to proofread the job before printing any remaining copies.

5. If available, select Set Draft Mode as my default Print Quality.

   Draft Mode saves toner or ink, producing lower-quality images.

6. To remove the button from the driver so others cannot easily change the Earth Smart settings, select Hide Earth Smart Settings button.
7. For additional information about conserving resources, click Want to know more?
8. Click OK.

See also: Earth Smart Printing Earth Smart Printing, located under the Saved Settings menu, enables 2-sided printing and turns off banner pages.

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