Earth Smart

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.

Notes:

• Not all options listed are supported on all printers. Some options apply only to specific printer models or configurations.
• 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 select Earth Smart settings:

1. On the Printing Options tab, click Earth Smart.
2. To print every job using both sides of the paper, select 2-Sided Print.
   • 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:

   

3. To prevent banner pages from printing with every print job, select No Banner Pages.

   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.

4. To print every job with two reduced-sized pages on each side of the paper, select 2-Up or 2 Pages Per Sheet.

   Select Enable Smart 2-Up as needed.

   If Smart 2-Up is enabled, and your job is one page, one full-sized page prints.

   For print jobs with more than one page, Smart 2-Up prints in one of the following ways depending on your selection.

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

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

5. To use less paper and toner or ink, select Sample Set.

   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.

   Select Enable Smart Sample Set as needed.

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

6. To save toner or ink by producing lower-quality images, select Draft Mode.
7. For additional information about conserving resources, click Want to know more?