Minimizing your printer's environmental impact

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/recycling

By selecting certain printer settings or tasks, you may be able to further reduce your printer's impact on the environment. This chapter outlines the settings and tasks that may yield a greater environmental benefit.

Using recycled paper

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.

Conserving supplies

There are a number of ways you can reduce the amount of paper and toner you use. You can:

• Print on both sides of the paper.

• Print multiple pages on one sheet of paper. Use the Print dialog to print up to 16 pages of a multiple-page document on a single sheet of paper.

• Check your first draft for accuracy. Before printing:

  • Use the Lexmark preview feature, which you can select from the Print dialog, the Lexmark Toolbar, or the printer display, to see what the document will look like before you print it.

  • Print one copy of the document to check its content and format for accuracy.

• Carefully select and load paper to avoid paper jams. For more information, see Loading paper.

Using Eco-Mode

Use Eco-Mode to quickly select one or more ways to reduce your printer's environmental impact.

To select an Eco-Mode setting:

1. On the home screen, touch .

2. Touch Settings.

3. Touch General Settings.

4. Touch Eco-Mode.

5. Touch the arrows to select a setting.

6. Touch Submit.

Adjusting Power Saver

To save energy, you can decrease the number of minutes before the printer enters Power Saver mode.

Available settings range from 1–240 minutes. The factory default setting is 30 minutes.

Using the Embedded Web Server

1. Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

   Note: If you do not know the IP address of the printer, then print a network setup page and locate the IP address in the TCP/IP section.

2. Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

3. Click Timeouts.

4. In the Power Saver box, type in the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters Power Saver mode.

5. Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

1. Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

2. On the home screen, touch .

3. Touch Settings.

4. Touch General Settings.

5. Touch the down arrow until Timeouts appears.

6. Touch Timeouts.

7. Touch the arrows next to Power Saver Mode to select the number of minutes you want the printer to wait before it enters Power Saver mode.

8. Touch Submit.

9. Touch .

Adjusting the brightness of the display

To save energy, or if you are having trouble reading your display, you can adjust the brightness of the display.

Available settings range from 20–100 percent brightness. The factory default setting is 100 percent.

Using the Embedded Web Server

1. Type the printer IP address into the address field of your Web browser.

2. Click Settings, and then click General Settings.

3. In the Screen Brightness box, type in the brightness percentage you want for your home screen.

4. Click Submit.

Using the printer control panel

1. Make sure the printer is on and Ready appears.

2. On the home screen, touch .

3. Touch Settings.

4. Touch General Settings.

5. Touch the down arrow until Screen Brightness appears.

6. Touch the arrows to select a setting.

7. Touch Submit.

8. Touch .

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

Recycling Lexmark products

To return Lexmark products to Lexmark for recycling:

1. Visit our Web site at www.lexmark.com/recycle.

2. Find the product type you want to recycle, and then select your country from the list.

3. Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

Recycling Lexmark packaging

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 energy savings, natural resource savings, and fewer greenhouse emissions.

Lexmark cartons are 100% recyclable where corrugated recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your area.

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam used in Lexmark packaging is recyclable where foam recycling facilities exist. Facilities may not exist in your area. For information on EPS foam recycling locations:

1. Visit EPS Recycling International's Web site at www.epsrecycling.org/pages/intcon.html.

2. Select your country or region from the list, and then click the links or use the contact information provided.

When you return a cartridge to Lexmark, you can reuse the box that the cartridge came in. Lexmark will recycle the box.

Returning Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling

The Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program diverts millions of Lexmark cartridges from landfills annually by making it both easy and free for Lexmark customers to return used cartridges to Lexmark for reuse or recycling. One hundred percent of the empty cartridges returned to Lexmark are either reused or demanufactured for recycling. Boxes used to return the cartridges are also recycled.

To return Lexmark cartridges for reuse or recycling, follow the instructions that came with your printer or cartridge and use the pre-paid shipping label. You can also:

1. Visit our Web site at www.lexmark.com/recycle.

2. From the Toner Cartridges section, select your country from the list.

3. Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

Reducing printer noise

Use Quiet Mode to reduce the printer noise.

To select a Quiet Mode setting:

1. On the home screen, touch .

2. Touch Settings.

3. Touch General Settings.

4. Touch Quiet Mode.

5. Touch the arrows to select a setting.

6. Touch Submit.