Home computer users and business owners can save time and money while helping the environment on Earth Day and every day with free printables from the nearly 40 Web sites in the FreePrintable.net family.

Also, there are a variety of free printable coloring pages appropriate for Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22.

FreePrintable.net offers free printable business cards, printable signs, planner refill pages, printable calendars, printable greeting cards and thousands of other printables.

"Why drive to the store, wasting gas, to buy a pack of lined paper when you only need one or two sheets? And what if you only need a couple of dozen business cards, not the 250 or more you'd have to order from a commercial printer?" asks Kevin Savetz, the sites' creator. "With FreePrintable.net, you can instantly download exactly what you need, as you need it."

Another benefit of selectively printing to a home or office printer is the ability to choose recycled paper or cardstock, an option that might not be available at a stationery store or print shop.

PrintablePaper.net has lined paper, graph paper and many other styles of paper in letter, legal, ledger and A4 sizes ? more than 450 paper designs in all.

One of the newest additions to the group of sites is PrintablePlanners.net, which has hundreds of planner refill pages designed to fit seven of the most common commercial desktop planners, such as Franklin Covey, Day-Timer and Day Runner.

"Many of the printables I offer are the type of products that, in stationery stores, are usually only found in a large pack. But, for example, at FreePrintableCertificates.net, users can print just one award certificate," Savetz said. "Similarly, there are hundreds of printable letterhead templates and printable stationery designs to instantly download and print for free."

"I do advocate that people use their home or office printer for convenience and cost savings," Savetz added. "But more often than not, choosing printables also means using less paper, not more, because you can print just what you need."

Children can celebrate Earth Day, too, with free

printable coloring pages in a variety of Earth-friendly themes such as weather, planets and ocean.

Most of the printables are free in PDF format, and often in editable .DOC format as well. On some sites, the PDF is free, while users can also opt for a premium customizable .DOC version that can be edited in Microsoft Word, or, in the case of spreadsheets, a version compatible with Excel. Premium printables start at $1.99.

There are nearly 40 sites in the FreePrintable.net family of free printables sites created by Savetz Publishing, Inc., a company devoted to creating useful and informative web sites of interest to consumers and small businesses.

Kevin Savetz ( savetz@gmail.com)

CEO

Savetz Publishing, Inc.

PO Box 1205