Helping to protect the future of our planet
It is the responsibility of all manufacturers, suppliers and resellers to ensure that the
impact upon where we all work and live, made by the products they produce and sell,
is constructive.
It is in everyone’s interests to seek out only those products that are made with the
stabilisation of the environment in mind, and that the use of these products is beneficial
not only to the work-place, and our homes, but also to the health and well-being of
future generations.
At Olivetti we endorse all actions that take positive steps towards this mission and will
continue to endeavour in the quest to care for our vulnerable world.
For more information please contact us.
“It’s our intention
to maximise the
positive effects
our products have
on the environment”
Dennis Woods
Managing Director,
Olivetti UK Ltd
Olivetti and the Environment
Improved Quality and Reduced Emissions
The current condition of the planet has focused attention on pressing environmental issues,
encouraging all social partners (public authorities, associations, companies) to commit
themselves to active protection and safeguarding of the environment. Active
participation in protecting the environment has always been at the top of Olivetti’s list of
priorities, as reflected in its corporate mission. Decades of indiscriminate dilapidation of raw
materials and energy in order to cater to the ever more pressing needs of a constantly expanding
economic system, have seriously undermined the delicate equilibrium of world eco-systems.
The polymerised toner technology used to enhance the printing
quality of Olivetti’s monochrome & colour solutions is unique in
the market and has been designed with the environment and users
in mind. Because the toner particles are smaller, than ordinary
pulverised toner, with a more uniform shape, image reproduction
delivers fine lines and small text with clear contours. Photos and illustrations are
reproduced more naturally with improved half-tones. Print quality is greatly
enhanced with a highly durable print finish to ensure long-lasting, better quality
professional-looking documents.
To protect the environment and, ultimately, the planet, a compromise must be established
between technological development and effects on the environment. Olivetti has endorsed this
concept, contributing with a balance between technological innovation and protection of the
environment, as confirmed by its ink-jet printhead production facility which has been awarded
ISO14001 certification, the international standard for the management of the environment.
WEEE and RoHS Directives
The EC Directive 2002/96/EC, also known as WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
is intended to prevent and restrict the flow of waste equipment to be disposed of, by applying
equipment and component re-use and recycling policies. The Directive applies the concept of
Extended Producer Responsibility (Whoever Pollutes: Pays).
Manufacturers are, in fact, obliged to finance the ecologically-correct collection, treatment,
recovery and disposal of their end-of-life equipment. This financial responsibility applies to
products marketed after the Directive came into force on August 13th 2006 and, collectively,
for products launched before this date. With a view to prevention, the Directive also encourages
the design and production of products that take into account re-use, dismantling, recycling and
establishes targets to be achieved by the entire collection and treatment system.
One way in which Olivetti makes this easier for everyone is by encouraging its network of
dealers to use empty machine boxes, as collection points for all WEEE. Olivetti then arranges
for full boxes to be collected; the box, and its contents, are then recycled at a designated
processing unit, on behalf of the dealers and their customers.
With regards to RoHS (Restriction Of the use of Hazardous Substances) compliancy, all of
Olivetti’s products have been manufactured without using mercury, lead,hexavalent chromium,
cadmium and flame retardants such as polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl
ethers which, under the RoHS directive, are deemed harmful.
Waste Reduction and Reusable Materials
Olivetti’s dealers are encouraged to
collect WEEE in existing machine
packaging to reduce waste
Olivetti goes a long way to ensuring their products conform to the stringent environmental
directives in place. In particular the long-life drums and developers in their copiers and printers,
are highly reliable and productive and this reduces service intervals,
maintenance costs and user downtime.
Low cost, high yield toner cassettes deliver more pages for less
money and, when the toner runs out all that needs replacing is the
toner in an easy to replace cassette, and not the drum, as these are
now separate units.
All Olivetti products are manufactured under ISO14001 and adhere to
global standards of responsible packaging which is recycled and
recycleable. Documentation for setting up the machines can be
downloaded via the internet or available on CD to reduce printing
but, by their very nature, all models are able to handle 100% recycled
paper without affecting output quality or warranty.
Olivetti’s polymerised toner is
designed to cover the page more
efficiently and achieve consistently
high print quality
Another benefit of this special toner is that it is resistant to ultra-violet rays, which
can cause print to fade over time. Prints are now able to be preserved, so
reducing the amount of re-printing required.
By including wax in the toner, the process of fixing toner to paper is achieved
in an oil-less manner, resulting in more vivid colours and reducing the
generation of CO2, NOx, and SOx by approximately 40%.
Low Temperature Fixing
By making the particles smaller and uniform in shape, toner fixing can be achieved at a
much lower temperature, preventing paper curling or jamming during the finishing process.
Reduced paper curl means the binding and stapling of the output prints is much easier, even in
large quantities regardless of thickness. During the fixing process, that normally requires a high
fixing temperature, thicker paper absorbs heat, thereby, lowering the fixing temperature.
When fixing occurs at a lower fixing temperature the process is not degraded, which enables
the use of a wider range of paper thickness. Even thin paper, that would normally wrinkle
and curl, is far less likely to suffer these effects because of the lower fixing temperature.
Power Consumption
Olivetti Products are all Energy Star, and, in the case of the colour range,
Blue Angel compliant which means they have been specifically
designed to reduce the amount of energy office machines use. With the
help of lower fixing temperatures this is achieved every time the
machines make copies or prints. Each machine features a power-saving
automatic “sleep mode” which, over a year, can reduce the amount
of electricity used by our models by 60% over previous years. For
instance the 62ppm and 82ppm Olivetti d-Copia 6200 and d-Copia 8200
absorb only 10 watts of energy when in sleep mode.
The reduction in warmup times, and first printout times, over the last few years, has
meant that office products do not drain unnecessary electrical resources while users are waiting
for the machines to become ready. Typically, warm-up times have improved from around 8
minutes, in 2004, for a large colour copier, to less than 45 seconds in 2009, with first output
times of an average of 20 seconds being reduced to 6 seconds or less.
Lower Noise Emissions
Olivetti’s range of products are now being designed to be seen and not heard, as
many hard-working gears, within the machines, have been replaced by much
smootherrunning drive belts. What is more, solenoids within the engines have
had dampers added to cushion their action and reduce the sound emitted when
in action. In fact, the d-Color MF551 and d-Color MF651’s document feeder and
finishers operate more quietly than their predecessors.
Sound testing in special facilities
ensure the Olivetti machines surpass
expectations for quiet operation
“It’s our intention
to maximise the
positive effects
our products have
on the environment”
Dennis Woods
Managing Director,
Olivetti UK Ltd
Olivetti and the Environment
Improved Quality and Reduced Emissions
The current condition of the planet has focused attention on pressing environmental issues,
encouraging all social partners (public authorities, associations, companies) to commit
themselves to active protection and safeguarding of the environment. Active
participation in protecting the environment has always been at the top of Olivetti’s list of
priorities, as reflected in its corporate mission. Decades of indiscriminate dilapidation of raw
materials and energy in order to cater to the ever more pressing needs of a constantly expanding
economic system, have seriously undermined the delicate equilibrium of world eco-systems.
The polymerised toner technology used to enhance the printing
quality of Olivetti’s monochrome & colour solutions is unique in
the market and has been designed with the environment and users
in mind. Because the toner particles are smaller, than ordinary
pulverised toner, with a more uniform shape, image reproduction
delivers fine lines and small text with clear contours. Photos and illustrations are
reproduced more naturally with improved half-tones. Print quality is greatly
enhanced with a highly durable print finish to ensure long-lasting, better quality
professional-looking documents.
To protect the environment and, ultimately, the planet, a compromise must be established
between technological development and effects on the environment. Olivetti has endorsed this
concept, contributing with a balance between technological innovation and protection of the
environment, as confirmed by its ink-jet printhead production facility which has been awarded
ISO14001 certification, the international standard for the management of the environment.
WEEE and RoHS Directives
The EC Directive 2002/96/EC, also known as WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
is intended to prevent and restrict the flow of waste equipment to be disposed of, by applying
equipment and component re-use and recycling policies. The Directive applies the concept of
Extended Producer Responsibility (Whoever Pollutes: Pays).
Manufacturers are, in fact, obliged to finance the ecologically-correct collection, treatment,
recovery and disposal of their end-of-life equipment. This financial responsibility applies to
products marketed after the Directive came into force on August 13th 2006 and, collectively,
for products launched before this date. With a view to prevention, the Directive also encourages
the design and production of products that take into account re-use, dismantling, recycling and
establishes targets to be achieved by the entire collection and treatment system.
One way in which Olivetti makes this easier for everyone is by encouraging its network of
dealers to use empty machine boxes, as collection points for all WEEE. Olivetti then arranges
for full boxes to be collected; the box, and its contents, are then recycled at a designated
processing unit, on behalf of the dealers and their customers.
With regards to RoHS (Restriction Of the use of Hazardous Substances) compliancy, all of
Olivetti’s products have been manufactured without using mercury, lead,hexavalent chromium,
cadmium and flame retardants such as polybrominated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl
ethers which, under the RoHS directive, are deemed harmful.
Waste Reduction and Reusable Materials
Olivetti’s dealers are encouraged to
collect WEEE in existing machine
packaging to reduce waste
Olivetti goes a long way to ensuring their products conform to the stringent environmental
directives in place. In particular the long-life drums and developers in their copiers and printers,
are highly reliable and productive and this reduces service intervals,
maintenance costs and user downtime.
Low cost, high yield toner cassettes deliver more pages for less
money and, when the toner runs out all that needs replacing is the
toner in an easy to replace cassette, and not the drum, as these are
now separate units.
All Olivetti products are manufactured under ISO14001 and adhere to
global standards of responsible packaging which is recycled and
recycleable. Documentation for setting up the machines can be
downloaded via the internet or available on CD to reduce printing
but, by their very nature, all models are able to handle 100% recycled
paper without affecting output quality or warranty.
Olivetti’s polymerised toner is
designed to cover the page more
efficiently and achieve consistently
high print quality
Another benefit of this special toner is that it is resistant to ultra-violet rays, which
can cause print to fade over time. Prints are now able to be preserved, so
reducing the amount of re-printing required.
By including wax in the toner, the process of fixing toner to paper is achieved
in an oil-less manner, resulting in more vivid colours and reducing the
generation of CO2, NOx, and SOx by approximately 40%.
Low Temperature Fixing
By making the particles smaller and uniform in shape, toner fixing can be achieved at a
much lower temperature, preventing paper curling or jamming during the finishing process.
Reduced paper curl means the binding and stapling of the output prints is much easier, even in
large quantities regardless of thickness. During the fixing process, that normally requires a high
fixing temperature, thicker paper absorbs heat, thereby, lowering the fixing temperature.
When fixing occurs at a lower fixing temperature the process is not degraded, which enables
the use of a wider range of paper thickness. Even thin paper, that would normally wrinkle
and curl, is far less likely to suffer these effects because of the lower fixing temperature.
Power Consumption
Olivetti Products are all Energy Star, and, in the case of the colour range,
Blue Angel compliant which means they have been specifically
designed to reduce the amount of energy office machines use. With the
help of lower fixing temperatures this is achieved every time the
machines make copies or prints. Each machine features a power-saving
automatic “sleep mode” which, over a year, can reduce the amount
of electricity used by our models by 60% over previous years. For
instance the 62ppm and 82ppm Olivetti d-Copia 6200 and d-Copia 8200
absorb only 10 watts of energy when in sleep mode.
The reduction in warmup times, and first printout times, over the last few years, has
meant that office products do not drain unnecessary electrical resources while users are waiting
for the machines to become ready. Typically, warm-up times have improved from around 8
minutes, in 2004, for a large colour copier, to less than 45 seconds in 2009, with first output
times of an average of 20 seconds being reduced to 6 seconds or less.
Lower Noise Emissions
Olivetti’s range of products are now being designed to be seen and not heard, as
many hard-working gears, within the machines, have been replaced by much
smootherrunning drive belts. What is more, solenoids within the engines have
had dampers added to cushion their action and reduce the sound emitted when
in action. In fact, the d-Color MF551 and d-Color MF651’s document feeder and
finishers operate more quietly than their predecessors.
Sound testing in special facilities
ensure the Olivetti machines surpass
expectations for quiet operation
Helping to protect the future of our planet
It is the responsibility of all manufacturers, suppliers and resellers to ensure that the
impact upon where we all work and live, made by the products they produce and sell,
is constructive.
It is in everyone’s interests to seek out only those products that are made with the
stabilisation of the environment in mind, and that the use of these products is beneficial
not only to the work-place, and our homes, but also to the health and well-being of
future generations.
At Olivetti we endorse all actions that take positive steps towards this mission and will
continue to endeavour in the quest to care for our vulnerable world.
For more information please contact us.