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Use Paper Sheets Efficiently

Waste not, want not

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Paper waste from a printing plant

You might not avoid it all but you can reduce paper waste just by the way you design your printed projects.

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Avoid trim waste by using a sheet of paper as efficiently as possible. Use as much of the sheet as you can. If it isn't possible to redesign to use more of the sheet, look at other projects you're working on - could one of them use the same paper? If so, gang two or more projects on the same sheet of paper.

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