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1. Learn by Example: More Great, Green Case Studies We’ve provided summariesof three green partnerships between MPS vendors and end users.

3. 101 different printer models scattered throughout 3M offices

4. Some offices had almost as many printers as people

5. Little idea of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)Partner: HP For decades, 3M Company has built its reputation as both an innovator and one of America’s best-run companies. But it was overpaying for output services –printing, copying and faxing –and often did not meet the needs of the user community. Partnering with HP through a managed print services agreement has changed all that.

7. Consolidate with energy-efficient HP MFPs and laser printers

8. Streamline printer fleet management

9. Reduce device count by some 47 percent globally

10. Network-level duplex settings

12. Per page costs reduced by up to 90 percent

13. Flexibility to continue deployment as 3M grows, changes

14. Reduced energy consumption by an estimated 79.9 percent, saving more than $1.2 million in energy cost

15. 8,240 metric tons reduction of CO2 emission from energy and paper reductions, equivalent to taking 978 cars off the road for one year

16. Estimated 353 million fewer pages printed

18. Stock of consumables spread across all of the company’s departments, making it particularly difficult to manage printing costs

19. Issues relating to the security of printouts and scrap paper

21. Better quality of color printouts

22. Implementation of innovative badge-based printing solution

25. Use of consumables reduced and should go from an annual consumption of 1,600 toner cartridges to 500 cartridges—estimated to reach almost 70 percent

27. Print volumes were growing

29. A uniform print platform made it easy for employees to familiarize themselves with the new equipment and helped reduce the need for IT support

30. The print environment is controlled using Ricoh Output Management and Security Software

32. Environmental print audit

33. Significant and sustainable reduction in carbon footprint