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- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: January 31, 2009
- Total Downloads: 148,560
- Downloads last week: 137
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 119 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
GreenPrint World is a free Windows utility that helps eliminate wasted pages while printing. Installation takes some time, and the software requires Visual C 2005, which is included if necessary. GreenPrint will also put four new programs into your Windows start-up menu, add a browser helper object for Internet Explorer, and add three printers (GreenPrint PDF, GreenPrint MailPDF, and GreenPrint). During installation, GreenPrint will ask you to select a default printer, but the printer can be easily changed later from the GreenPrint interface.
After installation, you can print from any application to GreenPrint, which will automatically remove pages from your printout based on rules like "completely blank pages" "pages with an image only," or "Pages 95% blank with less than 5 lines of text," and then pass along your document to your printer with the unnecessary pages removed. Double-clicking on any page removes it from the print job; double-clicking adds the page back.
The app keeps a running tally of ink and paper saved and greenhouse gas emissions reduced through regular use. It also lets you create PDF files or e-mail PDFs directly with the printer's GreenPrint PDF and GreenPrint MailPDF, respectively.
Printing from Excel sometimes created a Microsoft Document Imaging (MDI) format file to be saved locally instead of sending the document to the printer, but we didn't find any other major bugs. The version 1.1 update adds a "Buy Green" drop-down menu to the interface. It provides recommendations for products in nine categories, such as paper, ink, software, and technology recycling.
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Publisher's description
From GreenPrint Technologies :GreenPrint World is a free version of GreenPrint software for home users worldwide. GreenPrint solves a problem nearly every computer user has experienced: The wasteful pages that seem only to appear after a document has been printed (for example, pages with just a URL, banner ad, legal jargon, or a run-over Excel column). GreenPrint does this by analyzing the document and then highlighting and removing unnecessary pages. GreenPrint also incorporates an easy to use PDF writer, a print preview called GreenView, and a reporting feature, which keeps track of the number of pages, trees, and money saved.
Version 1.2 improves the analyzing window.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.2 improves the analyzing window
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User reviews of GreenPrint Report 1.2
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 119 votes
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Version: GreenPrint Report 1.2
Pros: Generates PDFs
Easy to useCons: Some functions are very slow. One PDF generation took 20 minutes to bring up the interface.
Summary: PDF generation on the cheap!
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Version: GreenPrint Report 1.2
"I can preview & exclude what I DON'T want to print."
Pros: Saves ink and time, per above.
Cons: Nothing yet.
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Version: GreenPrint Report 1.2
"inconsistent printing; slow to load print job"
Pros: saves paper & CO2
Cons: The product is slow to load and analyze before printing. It sometimes will not print a job.
Summary: Essentially this is a good product but has some flaws that need addressing. When it fails to "accept" a print job, I have the option of changing back to standard printing.
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Version: GreenPrint Report 1.2
Pros: it is nice to be able to not print pages that are a waste
Cons: the time it takes to annualize pages to print
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Version: GreenPrint Report 1.2
"Works well with most of our apps."
Pros: Really very simple to use, good tutorial.
Cons: Bit slow to prepare the preview of the print job.
Summary: It's easy ti use, works for our software and my wife likes it!!
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