Frugal Tips

Save money by using both sides of the paper in your laser or inkjet printer.

Most of the material you print on your home printer does not need to be presentation quality. You may be printing web pages for easy offline reading and reference, drafts of school papers for revisions or even shopping lists.

Why not use the back of items previously printed? When you have finished reading the material printed on a clean sheet, stack the used sheets up neatly, clean side up. Use this paper, oriented so that the clean side is used by the printer, for day-to-day printing jobs. Save the new paper for items that might end up being turned in or where presentation quality matters.

By using both sides of your computer paper, you will save money and also go a bit easier on the environment. Reusing the paper helps save trees, not to mention the energy used to manufacture and ship the paper to your home.