Sustainability is more than new corporate buzzword. As more and more companies seemingly go green for PR and/or political reasons, it is important to realize that having sustainable solutions in place really do help the environment and can have lasting benefits to your bottom line. Sustainability is here to stay, and if you are in control of your printing environment you will be happy to know there is a cloud-based solution called ConnectKey™ that can help you improve the environment even as you improve your printing efficiencies. ConnectKey™ is offered by Xerox and with it, sustainable features come standard.
ConnectKey™ is just the latest of Xerox green offerings, with features that will make your printing environment greener too:
• Easy way to monitor energy consumption
• “Earth Smart” rules for printing
• Solid Ink that creates 90% less waste
• LED printing for less power consumption
• Energy Star compliance and more
ConnectKey™ can help monitor energy use to save costs
The ConnectKey™ solution is compatible with Cisco EnergyWise, an energy saving solution that monitors the amount of energy your printing devices use so that you have better knowledge and control of your energy costs. It can help you manage and align your energy use to meet your sustainability goals even as you save money. This is a true win-win as your energy consumption is such an easy thing to adjust to improve both the environment and your profits. ConnectKey™ solutions help you manage it easier than ever.
Earth Smart printing rules that save your company’s resources
ConnectKey™ also gives you the ability to create and implement new “greener” print rules across your company and your printing environment. These rules are designed to be Earth Smart and really help save you resources and money. These rules include not allowing the printing of large sized jobs or banners, heavily colorful jobs (which use expensive toner) and more. It also allows you to enforce duplex printing on all devices. By printing on both sides of paper instead of a single side, you save paper costs, while saving trees too.
Additionally, the ConnectKey™ solution provides a green meter that lets you know if you are achieving your sustainability goals or falling short. It’s just another useful tool to help you better control and manage your energy and resources.
Solid ink that saves even more on costs and resources
Another benefit of having ConnectKey™ is the use of innovative ColorQube™ technology. This solid ink solution helps you create less waste in ways you might not ordinarily consider. For example, solid inks are easier to handle to save time and increase productivity. Plus, they require less packaging, which again saves trees. It has been stated that solid inks decrease waste up to 90 percent. Green indeed.
LED Printing capability
LED printing has been proven to use tremendously less energy (up to one third) than the Xenon lamps that are traditionally used in printing. The ConnectKey™ solution smartly takes advantage of this fact and relies on LED printing to make your print environment more efficient than ever.
Energy Star compliance, too
Like many other Xerox products, ConnectKey™ partners with the international Energy Star program to help you reduce your carbon footprint. ConnectKey™ also takes part in the Xerox recycling program so you can be confident that all recyclable resources are indeed actually recycled.
In all, ConnectKey™ is a great way to ensure your company is achieving higher sustainability goals, even while making your printing environment more productive and profitable at the same time. That is being green in many ways. Look into it.
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