Lexmark is committed to environmental sustainability and is continually improving its printers to reduce their impact on the environment. We design with the environment in mind, engineer our packaging to reduce materials, and provide collection and recycling programs. For more information, see:
The Notices chapter
The Environmental Sustainability section of the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/environment
The Lexmark recycling program at www.lexmark.com/recycle
By selecting certain printer settings or tasks, you may be able to reduce your printer's impact even further. This chapter outlines the settings and tasks that may yield a greater environmental benefit.
To save energy, or if you have trouble reading the display, adjust its brightness settings.
Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the address field.
Notes:
Click Settings > General Settings.
In the Screen Brightness field, enter the brightness percentage you want for the display.
Click Submit.
Studies show that as much as 80% of the carbon footprint of a printer is related to paper usage. You can significantly reduce your carbon footprint by using recycled paper and the following printing suggestions, such as printing on both sides of the paper and printing multiple pages on one side of a single sheet of paper.
For information on how you can quickly save paper and energy using one printer setting, see Using Eco-Mode or Using Eco-Mode.
As an environmentally conscious company, Lexmark supports the use of recycled office paper produced specifically for use in laser printers. For more information on recycled papers that work well with your printer, see Using recycled paper and other office papers.
Print on both sides of the paper.
| Note: Two-sided printing is the default setting in the print driver. |
Print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper.
Use the preview feature to see how the document looks like before printing it.
Print one copy of the document to check its content and format for accuracy.
Lexmark provides collection programs and environmentally progressive approaches to recycling. For more information, see:
The Notices chapter
The Environmental Sustainability section of the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com/environment
The Lexmark recycling program at www.lexmark.com/recycle
To return Lexmark products for recycling:
Go to www.lexmark.com/recycle.
Select the product you want to recycle.
| Note: Printer supplies and hardware not listed in the Lexmark Collection and Recycling Program may be recycled through your local recycling center. |
Lexmark continually strives to minimize packaging. Less packaging helps to ensure that Lexmark printers are transported in the most efficient and environmentally sensitive manner and that there is less packaging to dispose of. These efficiencies result in fewer greenhouse emissions, energy savings, and natural resource savings.
Lexmark cartons are 100% recyclable where corrugated recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your area.
The foam used in Lexmark packaging is recyclable where foam recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your area.
When you return a cartridge to Lexmark, you can reuse the box that the cartridge came in. Lexmark will recycle the box.
The Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program allows you to return used cartridges for free to Lexmark for reuse or recycling. One hundred percent of the empty cartridges returned to Lexmark are either reused or demanufactured for recycling. The boxes used to return the cartridges are also recycled.
To return Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling, do the following:
Go to www.lexmark.com/recycle.
Select the product that you want to recycle.