Comments on: Cut Costs by Saving Ink with Ecofont

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:43:38 +0000

How about toner made from non-petroleum sources, even renewable sources, instead of requiring changes in layout or typography? Such toners do exist, and there are companies (Canon) experimenting in real-world situations. This is comparable to paper being made from eucalyptus and other renewables, like sugarcane.

By: jplancaster

jplancaster — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:22:54 +0000

Interesting. We will have to see how well it works for marketing visually. For now you can simply use thin fonts and or print in lighter shades.

By: aarontgrogg

aarontgrogg — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:32:26 +0000

And I wonder how much ink would be saved by simply not printing… :-)

Atg

By: F.Danials

F.Danials — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:37:23 +0000

The best way the ink and paper problem can be solved, is to reduce the font or page size in the first place, prior to printing. FireFox adopt an excellent feature, where pages can be shrank to a certain percentage, resulting in less paper and ink being consumed.

Basically, if you want to reduce you printing, simply do (if not all of the following)

* Change the font size.
* Shrink the page to a certain percentage.
* Select only the pages you want to print (e.g. Pages 5 to 7).
* Don’t print unless you really have to.
* You the draft feature of your printer (if you have this), inorder to print the document using minimal ink.
* Print only in Black ‘N’ White (At least your only using one ink cartridge instead of 4-5)

By: jamus

jamus — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:44:00 +0000

I think its a joke. Isn’t it?

By: Black Max

Black Max — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:41:47 +0000

I proudly count myself as a treehugger, as should anyone who breathes the oxygen trees produce. However, I don’t buy this as a viable solution. Jan-Christoph’s comment makes a set of very good points. And as others noted, printing in grey instead of black and in toner-save mode works better than using this donut font.

(I think the eye-cancer remark wasn’t meant to be taken literally.)

By: Tyssen

Tyssen — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:36:51 +0000

Furthermore, characters with holes are likely to induce eye-cancer.

Care to point in the direction of studies done in this area?

By: ETbyrne

ETbyrne — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:29:04 +0000

This is ridiculous, the font looks like something I would find on a pair of cowboy boots.

By: Anonymously

Anonymously — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:07:41 +0000

@dmvictoria

I agree.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:50:45 +0000

That font sucks.

Almost all printer devices has toner-saver mode. Any font in this mode looks much more better than Ecofont.