Analysis of ink/toner savings of English and Thai ecofonts for sustainable printing
| Autor: | Reyes Garcia, Chirawat Wattanapanich, Uhamard Madardam, Thanongsak Imjai |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Computer science sustainable printing 020209 energy Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development ink toner consumption TJ807-830 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Legibility computer.software_genre 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Typeface 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Z004 GE1-350 Quality (business) ink saving-font Visual experience hollow embedded font 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Environmental effects of industries and plants Inkwell Multimedia Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Green Information Technology Environmental sciences computer |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 4070, p 4070 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 7 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The use of Ecofonts in printing can result in economic savings and lower environmental impact. However, most of the research on the use of Ecofonts focuses on Latin alphabets. Moreover, texts printed with Ecofonts can be perceived as being less legible than those printed with the original typefaces. This study (a) assesses toner use reductions in documents printed with English and Thai Ecofonts, and (b) studies the observers’ perception of texts printed either with Ecofonts or with original typefaces. To achieve this, black pixels were removed from 10 English and 13 Thai typefaces widely used in academia and other media. Visibility and legibility tests, as well as mass analyses tests, were then performed on texts printed with some such typefaces. Results from instrumental measurements and digital image analyses show that the use of Ecofonts reduces toner use of an inkjet printer by up to 28%. The study also proposes a new Ecofont typeface for the Thai language. Visual tests showed that the visual experience of text printed using this Thai Ecofont is satisfactory. Awareness of the benefits of using Ecofonts changes the users’ attitudes towards the printing quality of Ecofont. The removal of black pixels can lead to more sustainable printing, and this simple solution can be extended to other non-Latin languages as part of the global Green Information Technology efforts in South-East Asia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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