Do you always print the paper back and forth?
By cintoy
@cintoy (1011)
Indonesia
17 responses
@coolsudan (313)
• India
16 Feb 10
dude u really have a great idea ...i help my dad in his legal matters and take the print outs everyday ....but as per the govt. requirement only one page is used and backside print is not allowed so i think most of our paper would be saved by printing backside also....i think govt should take a note of this ....also they can ask the people not to waste paper ...coz i know in this legal buizness lots of papers are wasted only in making drafts ....
we can suggest to make a digital draft and only after it is correct then print it
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@coolsudan (313)
• India
17 Feb 10
private companies are doing this ..that is good but the main issue is that the govt institutions should implement it too.....thats where the whole "compulsory one side page print" occurs
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@brienn (825)
• Philippines
16 Feb 10
Good day cintoy,
Well for it depends on how I will use the printed document. If it is for my personal reading only, I usually print it in double sided and with small fonts so that I can only use fewer pages of paper. But when it comes for a project or sort of report that needs to be submitted I usually print in formal and single side only.
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@christinawise87 (856)
• United States
16 Feb 10
I do if I am not going to be cutting things out of it or needing it to be blank on the other side, otherwise yes I print both sides to save paper. I am glad you worry about the trees. We have to now days people use so much paper that I wonder when we will run out of trees and paper will be a cherish able item.
@christinawise87 (856)
• United States
17 Feb 10
I would hope not. We need the trees for oxygen and the shade if we use them all we have none of either. I would hate to see it come to that. But companies waste so much. Sending out junk mail that just gets thrown out and people who waste a ton of paper just to throw it away.
@WiseReptiles (854)
• United States
16 Feb 10
This would be a great way to decrease the cutting of trees and I would use it as well. I don't print much but when I do it is a lot of paper work and forms and this would save on the amount of paper that I use.
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@acematthews71 (1084)
• India
17 Feb 10
Yes, I always want to print pages back to back as it is first of all helpful in saving a lot of money. It is called duplex printing for getting back to back prints and I follow it in order to save my money at home as well as the company's amount they use for getting the stationary as my small way of contributing to reduce cost!!
@sharlionse (739)
• Philippines
22 Feb 10
I know about the cost of the paper but sometimes, when I print many pages, I don't do back-to-back. It's easier to read when it's single-sided, you won't need to fold it for the reverse, just one direction.
@1anurag1 (3576)
• India
16 Feb 10
I think really a very nice thought you have. some one has the thought for the enviornment it is really good.
but i have really not thoght ever for that. but i do this back and forth for my personal use. and it is merely to save the cost of the paper. and what ever th motto i have indirectly i m in favour of the enviornment.
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@nautilus33 (1827)
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16 Feb 10
yes, but only when i use my printer at home, because I save paper. and when I use the printer at work, I print it only from one site, because I really don't care about the paper, my boss pays it and i have nothing to do with the paper payments
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@cintoy (1011)
• Indonesia
17 Feb 10
well, it's notonly about saving money in buying papers. but it deals with how you used the paper efficiently so that it is not wasted. Do you know that for a 5-year-old tree, we can only make 5 rims of A4 papers?
so, imagine how long we can use all 5 rims of paper. I believe it is just in a few weeks to months. but it need 5 years to grow the tree.
well, this is just my opinion. You have your rights to do wahtever you think right. Thanks
@Nirishasol (879)
• India
16 Feb 10
I used to print back and forth only yes because of we can save money and even trees also. And the way we can save our environment.
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@JewelLong (108)
• China
16 Feb 10
of course,i always print the pages back and forth.besides,i often draft on used papers.
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
16 Feb 10
it is possible to print on both sides of the paper. but legal documents, especially those presented to courts as evidences are not double-side. usually, those scraps or scratch papers, are the ones i usually use, as in recycle them. there are some documents i use that are not presented in court, as in you use it only in the office. say for example, application forms which are not actually official documents, i use to print on the other side of those scratches.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
17 Feb 10
No i always print one side .. but sometimes i take print both side.. and i think.. if we take print both side.. then we also save money and papers.. and also we save trees.. have a nice day.. and keep mylotting always..
@warvial (1146)
• Singapore
17 Feb 10
I will if it's for my personal use. I will recycle the paper too. For example, if I have to print out a hardcopy of my official documents, but something went wrong and that page has to be re-print, I will not throw away that page which was printed wrongly, but keep it and re-use the other side as spare paper. Actually if possible, I won't want to print out my resume as it can save a lot of resource not just the trees...