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We are a paper trained society.
Because of this, it is important that we make every
possible attempt to reduce the amount of printing
here at school. Please read the following guidelines
and try to incorporate them into your work day.
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Review your documents before
printing. This will greatly reduce the need
to print multiple copies every time you discover an
error. Use that spell check feature, too.
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Prior planning prevents poor
performance! Instead of using the printer
to produce class sets of handouts, submit documents
to Faculty Service for copying. Use printers only
when brainstorms occur and you may need to print
something quickly.
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Display the print queue.
Tremendous amounts of paper are wasted because
people keep sending their document to the printer
thinking it never made it there initially. If you
show students their document is in the print queue,
they will see when it will be printed. This might
help them become more patient.
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Don't print large file size
documents! These are documents larger than 1
MB. These file sizes have caused our printers to jam
causing other users not to be able to print their
documents.
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Pull out the printer tray
as a means of controlling student printing.
Without the tray engaged, a printer will not produce copies!
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Check the paper supply in the
printers. Students will send their job to
the printer multiple times when they don’t hear that
printer start-up right away.
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Utilize the web, NetStorage,
and/or CD-ROMS.
Remember - you have access to a variety of network
drives, CDs, and the web to help illustrate and
reinforce your lessons. Today's students are more
comfortable with reading electronic text.
Also, students could submit documents to you on disk
for evaluation rather than printing out copies.
Microsoft Office products offer innovative,
time-saving editing features. We’d be happy to
teach them to you!
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Cut Back on Color Printing.
Reconsider your desire to have students submit color
copies as assignments. Consider whether this
project will be displayed or just placed in the
trash when completed. Also consider whether color
printing truly impacts student learning.
Please keep all color
printed assignments to no more than two pages.
Students wishing to print in color in the Drop-In
lab will need a permission slip from their teacher.
Color Printing Permission Form
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Don’t
print PowerPoints! Doing so defeats
the entire reason why the PowerPoint was created. If
needed, please do so wisely – in the “print what?”
drop-down menu of the printing dialog box, choose
“slides.” Be sure to also select multiple slides on
one page and “grayscale.” PowerPoints would be
perfect documents for students to submit to you for
grading as an attachment to an email or on a CD.
The more we spend on
toner, the less we can spend on other technology
that will help improve the way you teach & the way
students learn!
Color Printing Permission Form
Guidelines in PDF format
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