To Print or Not To Print

SHOULD YOU PRINT IT OUT? To print, or not to print? Sometimes that question has more to do with manners than the environment. This flowchart will help you decide what to do, whatever the situation. Are you planning to print. ... an email? ... an article or document? ... a photo? YES YES YES Is it a receipt Do you plan on printing anything else with Was it meant Does it contain to be private? evidence of or a YES a scandal? ticket? NO YES this ink cartridge? NO YES NO Is it hilarious? Does the YES NO Isa teacher or boss requiring it on paper? scandal involve NO Do you need to present it somewhere YES you? in person? YES NO NO YES WTF? NO! NO YES Are you planning to frame it? Do you own a web-enabled Is it Are you ok with making several pages an enemy phone? long? for life? YES NO YES NO YES YES NO DON'T PRINT, BUT BACK IT UP DIGITALLY (JUST IN CASE). NO DON'T PRINT. BUT DO Do you have access to a computer? (Hint, if you're reading this, the answer is yes.)* CONSIDER FORWARDING ITTO A LOT OF PEOPLE. Will it be NO YES YES read more than once? Are you going to read it somewhere that has lots of NO sand or water? YES NO PRINT IT. DON'T PRINT IT. printingchoice.com *unless someone has printed this out