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Climate change, rising energy costs and the growing importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have propelled sustainable purchasing to the top of the boardroom agenda.We know that businesses no longer buy solely on price and performance. Today you expect the highest environmental standards as well.

Samsung scores highly on all counts, making Samsung the obvious choice for public sector organisations and commercial bodies with sustainable purchasing policies. Samsung Group takes

environmental responsibility extremely seriously. As part of a policy to reduce the impact of Samsung products ‘from cradle to grave’, it has implemented far-reaching programmes to improve energy effciency, eliminate harmful substances and use more recycled materials.

Greener printing

Samsung Printer Division shares the Group’s commitment to sustainability. We areWEEE-compliant and have implemented the S.T.A.R. cartridge take-back and recycling program to prevent waste from going to landfll. Samsung printers and MFPs are

Energy Star accredited and many exceed Germany’s demanding Blue Angel standard. Indeed, with 29 accredited printers and MFPs, Samsung has more Blue Angel-certifed products than any other printer manufacturer. In addition, all Samsung printers include cost-saving and waste reduction features that enable users to impl energy, waste carbon reduc initiatives. Toner Save buttons on o printers (and in our drivers cut toner con by up to 40% double-sided

paper consumption; and high capacity toner cartridges keep waste to a minimum, whilst maximising machine productivity.

Further savings can be made by using printer drivers and software

o control toner and paper quotas, restrictions and rinting. These include wn solutions as well as party applications like t tracking, accounting and software. or our open JScribe he latest generation of ulti-function devices of these applications ounter) to be run on the selves, removing the l a separate server with dded carbon and power .

A4 versus A3

One area where Samsung and its resellers have been able to generate real savings for customers is in the use of A4 rather than A3 devices. Independent research commissioned by Samsung shows that more than 97% of documents printed in offces are A4. Yet, if you look around any

ill see 3 copiers needed for than 3% of ompany’s ly output. msung elieves that being evices by t have a vested interest in persuading their customers to buy bigger, more expensive A3 devices that require more resources to manufacture, transport and dispose of at end of life. Businesses still have an occasional need to print spreadsheets, page proofs and other detailed documents in A3, but the volume is so small that most will only need one A3 copier. Standardising on A4 MFPs, like Samsung’s new 53 pages per minute SCX-6555N or 38ppm colour MultiXpress CLX-8380ND, for other workgroup devices will bring real environmental and fnancial benefts. Samsung can help you bring offce printing under control through a combination of powerful software solutions and hardware that conforms to the highest environmental standards, bringing benefts to both your business and the environment.

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Anthony Penton, Head of Marketing fo Print, explains how Samsung is helping its customers reduce the environmenta impact of offce printing