Printers have gone green as well. And from the industry’s top printing technology brands come the top eco-friendly models that are already out, or just about to be released in the market. Say hello to eco-printing!

The HP DeskJet D2545 is a great eco-friendly desktop printer, perfect for a small office or home. The actual printer is composed of 83% recycled plastic while its black printer ink cartridges are also made from 75% recycled plastic. The HP DeskJet D2545 has also been qualified as an Energy Star printer, which consumes 40% less power when in sleep or idle mode, as compared to previous DeskJet models. Whether printing in full color or black and white, the D2545 has a printable resolution of up to 1200 dpi. It also allows 4×6 to 11×17 in sheet sizes and is capable of printing 4×6 up to panorama photos. It’s budget-friendly as well as it retails for about $44.99.

The Epson Stylus Office TX510FN is still set to be unleashed in a few months, but has created quite a buzz already. 87% of the TX510FN can be recycled and Epson claims that this model will be the most eco-friendly printer out in the market. On standby mode, the TX510FN only consumes a mere 0.25W. The TX510FN is capable of printing 38 pages a minute with a dpi of 5760 x 1440. It comes with a 1200 x 2400 dpi scanner along with a 30-page feeder. Remarkably an all-in-one-printer, it also boasts of a built-in color fax, an Ethernet port, and an LED display. It retails for about $180.

The Canon PIXMA series offers a huge line of environmentally responsible printers. PIXMA printers are known for their automatic 2-sided printing that saves up to 50% of paper supply. The MP980 model in particular has white LED technology that allows the unit to be smaller with zero warm up time. This new packaging resulted in the MP980 being 22% smaller than its predecessor and has an approximate 18% shipping efficiency. The MP980 also has an approximate 91% overall energy savings over the MP760. PIXMA printers are Energy Star qualified meaning, when not in use, the printers automatically go into a low-power mode. Additional features include: negative scanning, duplex printing (comes with a gray ink cartridge for black and white printing), print resolution of 600×600 dpi black and 9600×2400 dpi color, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, plus a large 3.5 inch LCD display. Most Canon printers have rechargeable ink cartridges that are shipped to Canon for recycling. An eco-friendly Canon printer will contain a single cartridge where individual tanks contain the different colored inks, thus creating huge savings when printing. The MP980 retails for about $280.