Cutting the cost of materials

I have a couple of thoughts that might be possible ways to save some material costs.

I have a Brother MFC8860dn (this means the machine can duplex and network) and I usually duplex the borrower’s copies. I print out an extra signature page of the Deed of Trust and 1 Right to Cancel in case the borrower doesn’t sign correctly. I haven’t had anyone object and it saves me 1/4 of my paper costs.

The other thought is burning a CD as their copy. The borrower would have to have some computer skills.

Last thought is asking the borrower if they would like their copy emailed to them?

My question is: Are other notaries using these options or are they even realistic?

I had not thought about duplexing the borrowers copy. I think I would ask the client if this was appropriate first, but it is an excellent idea. The same with e mailing a copy to the borrower as we are being paid a printing fee for this and I’m not sure if this w/be acceptable proceedure. Thanks for the idea(s) as it would save a lot.

I actually have had the lenders docs sent to me to be signed and they are duplex. Very surprised!! I have never personally done that with e-Docs. But.. I would not see why the borrowers copies could not be duplex. I have an option for printing that lets me use less toner. Print is still well seen and never have had a negative word said. This cuts down on my toner. After all 80% of my signings these days are e-Docs. I highly doubt that borrowers would want 120+ pages emailed to them. That is just my opinion. We all need to try and keep green :)

Hi Joan, I’ve used each of the things you’ve listed. As you said, it’s important to print out duplicates of the DOT, Grant Deed (if applicable), TIL, Itemization and RTC to have as back ups.

The other thing I’ve done is print the borrower’s copy on letter size paper. Cheaper than using the legal (again, I print out extra copies of the TIL, RTC, etc. if the lender’s version is on legal, my back ups are also printed on legal.

Duplexing is my least favorite (printer tends to jam), but its definitely the most economical.