This blog is part of our inspired ethonomics series. An office paper saver that does the work for you for. Because the environmental benefit is so significant, we want to do everything we can to make it as easy as possible for large organizations to use greenprint, said greenprint ceo hayden hamilton. By using this printing software, it is hoped that the company will be able to give. But the 30yearold founder and ceo of greenprint technologies llc.
Greenprint offers xerox solid ink customers unlimited, free copies of greenprints paper and ink saving software. Hayden hamilton came up with the idea for greenprint, software that eliminates unnecessary clutter from web printouts, back when he was working for ford in. Mar 07, 2008 software saves trees, cash and headaches, says creator. Greenprint founder focuses on wasted paper it world. Efficient printing to save trees with greenprint software. Nov, 2006 a portland entrepreneur of international intrigue. Aug 25, 2016 after years of development and beta testing with large organizations were very excited to make version 3 available to everyone, said greenprint founder hayden hamilton. Mar 01, 2010 founded in 2005 by a young ceo, hayden hamilton, greenprint started getting national attention in 2007 when the company, which makes software that allows a person to print from web pages, adobe. Greenprint print management software blvgreenprint bright light ventures greenprint software the powerful tools to measure and reduce enterprise print costs. Jun 17, 2007 because the environmental benefit is so significant, we want to do everything we can to make it as easy as possible for large organizations to use greenprint, said greenprint ceo hayden hamilton. Greenprint software makes it easy to eliminate anything you dont want before its printed like those pages with just a one line url or banner ad reducing printing on average by 20%.
Greenprint bets that customers will save on printer waste. Portland, or november 1, 2007 greenprint technologies today announced it is teaming up with xerox corporation to bundle greenprint enterprise software with xeroxs phaser 8560 and phaser8860 solid ink color printers. Greenprint launches an initiative to pay the fortune 500 to. Founded in 2005 by a young ceo, hayden hamilton, greenprint started getting national attention in 2007 when the company, which makes software that allows a. Photo by brent wojahngreenprint founder hayden hamiltonportland startup greenprint, which has earned raves for its papersaving printing software, has a deal today with xerox to bundle greenprint. The companys greenprint enterprise software is available as a free download for customers who purchase one of xeroxs phaser 8560 or 8860. After years of development and beta testing with large organizations were very excited to make version 3 available to everyone, said greenprint founder hayden hamilton. Hayden hamilton, the developer of the innovative greenprint product. Save trees while you print mnn mother nature network. Green printing new technology for printing street directory. Software that reduces printer waste by eliminating pages in a.
Brent wojahnthe oregonian hayden hamilton is trying his hand as a contact lens retailer with his new website, hoping to parallel the success of his other companies, greenprint. Greenprint and xerox team up to help customers reduce. We also see it as symbolic of greenprints revolutionary proposition saving money while saving the environment. Hayden hamilton came up with the idea for greenprint, software that eliminates unnecessary clutter from web printouts, back when he was. Greenprint and xerox team up to help customers reduce wasteful printing. Hayden hamilton, ceo of greenprint, answers questions. Xerox and greenprint ink deal to cut print waste infoworld. Greenprint software for xerox solid ink edition can be used by anyone in your organization with xerox solid ink devices at absolutely no cost. Hamiltons solution was a program that analyzes the content of each print job for pages that have wasteful characteristics, such as legal jargon youd find in an email from a bank or airline and. Greenprint might finally hit its stride with version 2 of its software. Xerox says its solid ink printers produce 90 percent less waste than a typical color laser printer. By offering to give away its paper and inksaving software to large companies, greenprint technologies aims to make money by.
Hayden hamilton has devised a tool called greenprint, software that analyzes what a computer sends to a printer, to eliminate paper waste and save ink. Greenprint reduces printer clutter mnn mother nature. Hayden hamilton s first startup, now 9 years old, is still going strong. The long, long road from idea to success the new york times. Greenprint reduces printer clutter mnn mother nature network. For hayden hamilton, growing greenprint technologies would have been too pricey if hed done everything in his portland, oregon, headquarters. Greenprint founder focuses on wasted paper it world canada news. Bright light ventures innovation and entrepreneurial incubator. Xerox rolls out new printers with greenprint software already installed. Greenprint technologies offers a suite of phased software print measurement and management solutions to help organizations operate more efficiently and. Launched in the fall of 2006, greenprint software was created in order to eliminate excessive paper waste and help the environment by removing unnecessary pages from print jobs. Presenters come from bend, corvallis, portland and camas, wash. Greenprint technologies offers a suite of phased software print measurement and management solutions to help organizations operate more efficiently and profitably, and to help printer oems and mps.
Greenprint does not have a mac version, although it expects one by. The software engineers developing greenprint s product live and. Hayden hamilton, right, and james kellerman, third from right, with team. He spent his first year out of college trekking around nepal. Our goal is nothing short of ending wasteful printing worldwide, said ceo hayden hamilton. Greenprint software analyzes each page of every document sent to the. We also see it as symbolic of greenprint s revolutionary proposition saving money while saving the environment. Software company offers to pay the fortune 500 to go green.
Then, the software automatically eliminates these pages from the print job. Greenprint software analyzes each page of every document sent to the printer and looks for typical waste characteristics e. John and mike meet with hayden hamilton, the developer of the innovative greenprint product. Hayden hamilton, right, and james kellerman, third from right, with team members at greenprint, which makes it easy to select text pages for printing. See who you know at bright light ventures, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Greenprint looks for pages that have no type or just a few lines of type users can set the parameters. New improved greenprint lands city contract portland. Greenprint print management software blv greenprint bright light ventures greenprint software the powerful tools to measure and reduce enterprise print costs. This effort further promotes the missions of greenprint and xerox to provide environmental and costsaving benefits to their customers. Hayden hamilton business profile bright light ventures. Greenprint, software that analyzes what a computer sends to a printer. Software that reduces printer waste by eliminating pages in a printer queue that have only a.
Greenprint does this by analyzing the document and then highlighting and removing unnecessary pages. Depends on whether you think of greenprint as software or a. Portland, oregon anyone who works in an office or has a. Find contacts direct phone number, email address, work history, and more. Software that reduces printer waste by eliminating pages in.
Apr 27, 2009 hayden hamilton came up with the idea for greenprint, software that eliminates unnecessary clutter from web printouts, back when he was working for ford in europe. Greenprint, a software program launched two years ago by a portland company, could reduce the towering stacks of wasted paper that pile up next to office printers every day. Hayden hamilton, ceo of greenprint, answers questions grist. Users can reselect the pages if desired and deselect any. Greenprint launches an initiative to pay the fortune 500. Jul 05, 2009 hayden hamilton, right, and james kellerman, third from right, with team members at greenprint, which makes it easy to select text pages for printing. According to hayden hamilton, ceo and the brainchild of greenprint. Innovative technology to eliminate paper waste with. Hayden hamilton came up with the idea for greenprint, software that eliminates unnecessary clutter from web printouts, back when he was working for ford in europe. This printing pain in the neck happened to hayden hamilton so much that he invented a solution.
Depends on whether you think of greenprint as software or a green product or both. Greenprint home and enterprise software analyze every page of every document sent to a printer looking for typical waste characteristics like that last page with just a url. The founder of greenprint, hayden hamilton, got his start with a freeman fellowship and rotary ambassadorial scholarship to oxfords said business school graduating with a mba. Sep 19, 2009 john and mike meet with hayden hamilton, the developer of the innovative greenprint product.
Our goal is nothing short of ending wasteful printing worldwide, 30yearold ceo hayden hamilton said in a press release hamilton was featured in the latest version of inc. This printing pain in the neck happened to hayden hamilton so much that he invented a. We believe that greenprint world provides the opportunity to do exactly that. Downsize your print job in 2006, annoyed by all the paper waste he witnessed in corporate america, progressiverx founder hayden hamilton launched a fresh venture. The company estimates that with widespread use, the software could save over 100 million trees and reduce greenhouse gasses by over 300 million tons globally. We wanted to do much more than what was possible through individual donations in the office, said greenprint ceo hayden hamilton it finally occurred to us that if we donated our software to the.
Get full company profile of greenprint technologies private limited. Growing greenprint wont leave a paper trail portland. Greenprint bets that customers will save on printer waste program aimed at fortune 500 lets companies use software free in exchange for half the costsavings they reap. A portland entrepreneur of international intrigue portland. We recently launched greenprint software which analyzes each page of every.
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