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Originally Posted by Ibis

I print all of my coupons on paper that's already been printed on once. (Old internet research that I don't need anymore, etc.) Some coupons even have hadnwritten notes and highlighters on the backs. No one seems to care as long as the barcode scans. All my grocery stores accept them and so does walmart.

Same thing here: I save all my used one sided paper, & for that matter, save the 1/2 sheets, too, as can feed both back into my printer & use. Even use paper that coin the mail, as long as no personl info on it. Why Not recycle paper? The insert qs have writing on the back, so no problem w IPs.

Both of my Epson printers, the photo Stylus 2200 & R280: will stop printing when it senses no paper to print on. I do not know if other Epsons or other ink jets do this, you will have to try, & you will save on ink Big Time!
I know, now you are scratching your head,,,,
We all know that the majority of Bricks qs & certain other qs are printed at the top of the paper. Sometimes a q is printed at the top of the paper, but there is a mnfctr. ad or recipe after that.

That is when the Print Preview that you selected on your Printer Properties comes in handy: you can see where the coupon will print on the pg. Before the printer prints the q. If I see that the q has an ad after it, I put in 1/2 or 1/3 or some cases 1/4 piece of paper. The q prints, then my printer quits, as it senses no paper to print on. There, now I've just saved a Ton of colored or black ink by NOT printing that ad or recipe!! Yippee!!
Anyone that tries this w a different printer than mine, give a shout out as to whether or not it worked.

Another printing tip: I print only 1 q at a time when printing from coupons.com, bettycrocker.com, etc. This way I can use those 1/3 or 1/4 sheets of paper up, why waste what you've paid for??