What’s in a font? Ink, lots of it
April 6, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckPosted in: Budgets and spending, Green technology, Hardware, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, cash flow, e-mail
Most of us work for businesses that are increasingly cost-conscious — some might even say penny pinching. So it’s not surprising to learn about cutbacks on all sorts of things — including ink.
The University of Wisconsin – Green Bay came up with a novel idea that will likely save the organization lots of money on those pricey ink cartridges used in printers.
How’d they do it? UWGB recently switched the default font for its e-mail system from the nondescript, always functional Arial to the less usual Century Gothic.
Turns out, the new font uses about 30% less ink when students print e-mails than the one that was used in the past.
Making the switch is estimated to save the school tens of thousands of dollars a year on that line item for replacement cartridges.
How’s that for keeping your IT budget in the black?
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Tags: Arial, cartridges, Century Gothic, ink, less, money, printer, save, University of Wisconsin Green Bay
April 13th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I never thought about the font size as it relates to ink usage.
Cool. Thanks