Bill Text: NJ A2874 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires public agencies to set printers and computers to default to most cost effective fonts for printing to conserve ink and paper.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-14 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State Government Committee [A2874 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A2874-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2874

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED JUNE 14, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  ANNETTE QUIJANO

District 20 (Union)

Assemblyman  RUBEN J. RAMOS, JR.

District 33 (Hudson)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires public agencies to set printers and computers to default to most cost effective fonts for printing to conserve ink and paper.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act requiring public agencies to conserve ink and paper and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes, and Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    (Supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes) In order to reduce printing costs by conserving ink and paper, every public agency shall require that all printers and computers within the agency shall be set to default to fonts that use the least amount of ink and paper.  As used in this section, "public agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1).

 

     2.    (Supplementing Title 40A of the New Jersey Statutes) In order to reduce printing costs by conserving ink and paper, every public agency shall require that all printers and computers within the agency shall be set to default to fonts that use the least amount of ink and paper.  As used in this section, "public agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1).

 

     3.    (Supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes) In order to reduce printing costs by conserving ink and paper, every public agency shall require that all printers and computers within the agency shall be set to default to fonts that use the least amount of ink and paper.  As used in this section, "public agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1).

 

     4.    This act shall take effect within 60 days of the effective date of enactment.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires all State, county, and municipal public entities, including school districts, to set all printers and computers to default to fonts that use the least amount of ink and paper in order to reduce printing costs by conserving ink and paper.

     The selection of certain fonts will reduce paper usage and printing costs because some fonts use less ink to print based on the thickness of the lines and the size of the font.  Recent reports have indicated that because some fonts use less ink, fewer new printer cartridges will need to be purchased resulting in reduced printing costs.  For example, recently the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay made a switch to Century Gothic, and the university expects to save $5,000 to $10,000 per year as a result of the font switch.