GREEN PRINTING

With the advent of global warming and the related ecological and drastic climatic changes with it, the need of the hour is to reduce our carbon footprints as much as we can. The necessity of going green is of utmost priority and this can be implemented in printing as well. Green printing is not just about the selective products of papers and printers that we use, which tend to be more eco- friendly than the others. There are lots of habits and methods that we can adapt to, which enhance the eco- friendliness even further.

When it comes to eco- friendly products, California Print and Los Angeles Printing choose to use Soy Based inks instead of 100% oil based inks. The papers that we use need to be 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper, which are also processed chlorine- free. These eco- friendly papers are always the better choices to the regular papers. Using papers to a minimum by avoiding paper wastage is also a significant contributing factor in the ecological friendliness. The action of printing only when necessary, and instead having it in a digital format, is a major eco- friendly step that everyone needs to adapt. The toners that are used need to be non- toxic.

Additional practices that enhance green printing include the method of waterless printing, which lowers the emission problems considerably and reduces the usage of water. We can also make use of duplex printing, which is printing on both the sides of a paper to reduce paper consumption. Green fonts are font types that are more eco friendly than the others, and using them for printing is a good choice since they consume lesser ink when printed. The most important task is always the recycling of the used papers and ink cartridges. Going for green printing can thus considerably contribute to the environment positively.