Printer ink is expensive. However, there are other reasons to reduce the amount of ink you use when you print. Manufacturing and shipping ink cartridges uses energy and resources, and the discarded ink cartridges create waste requiring disposal. In addition, it is easier (with less impact on the environment) to recycle paper that has less ink. One way to reduce the amount of ink used is to select “draft” settings when you don’t need high quality printing. Printing only when necessary is always a good way to reduce paper and ink use. When appropriate, use 11-point font instead of 12-point font. The type of font also has a significant effect on the amount of ink used.
I checked several online articles discussing which fonts use the most ink. All of them stated that Arial font uses significantly more ink than the standard ink-saving fonts. The sites didn’t all agree on which were the best ink-saving fonts, but the ones that came up consistently included Times New Roman, Garamond (a little smaller letters so may be harder to read), Courier, Century Gothic, and Ryman Eco (has lines alternating with white spaces so may not be useful for larger font sizes).
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t./Nash
9/25/2021 10:20:46 am
Love this. Never thought to check on how much ink my my fonts use.
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