[PRINTING SECTOR]

The carbon footprint of every print job, straight from Tharstern Primo.

CarbonOS connects to your MIS and turns each job’s paper, inks, press time, waste and delivery into a carbon footprint. The same production data feeds your Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory, without re-keying a single job.

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FOOTPRINT PER JOB

kg CO₂e

for every job and order in Primo: paper, inks and plates, press energy, waste, finishing and delivery.

Freshly printed sheets at the press delivery, with a color control strip (AI-generated illustration)

[HOW IT WORKS]

From Primo job to carbon footprint, in one pipeline.

CarbonOS reads jobs, materials, machine time and deliveries from Tharstern Primo, adds your energy, fuel and waste records, and calculates the footprint of each job and order. The same data builds your company inventory, so every figure traces back to a job.

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Primo jobs

Energy and waste

CarbonOS

Footprint per job

[WHY NOW]

Print buyers now want measured footprints, not offset logos.

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SCOPE 3

Customers ask for the footprint of what they buy.

Brands and retailers count their suppliers’ emissions in Scope 3, so print buyers ask for a footprint per job or per order. ISO 16759:2013 is the international standard for the carbon footprint of print media products.

SINCE SEP 27, 2026

Offset-based “carbon neutral” claims end in the EU.

Directive (EU) 2024/825 bans telling consumers that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive climate impact because its emissions were offset.

FROM FY 2027

CSRD data requests to suppliers get a ceiling.

A company reporting under the CSRD may not require more from value-chain companies with up to 1,000 employees than the EU voluntary standard provides (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1560).

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[WHAT YOU GET]

Job footprints, your inventory and customer requests in one platform.

Four CarbonOS agents do the work: Carbon Intelligence calculates job footprints and the inventory, Proof Engine keeps the trail back to each Primo job, Compliance Hub prepares customer and regulatory reports, and CarboVision answers questions in plain English.

Footprint per job

Footprint per order

Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory

Audit trail per job

Customer and CSRD requests

Answers in plain English

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[Frequently asked questions]

Carbon footprint for printers: frequently asked questions

Short answers on job footprints, Tharstern Primo and the EU rules reaching printers. To see it with your own jobs, book a demo.

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How is the carbon footprint of a print job calculated?

From the job’s own data: the paper used, by weight and grade, inks and plates, press energy and run time, make-ready and waste, finishing and delivery. Each item is multiplied by an emission factor whose source and version are recorded. ISO 16759:2013 is the international standard for quantifying and communicating the carbon footprint of print media products; CarbonOS follows the GHG Protocol for the company inventory.

Does CarbonOS work with Tharstern Primo?

Yes. CarbonOS connects to Primo and reads the job, material, production and delivery data already in your MIS, so each job and order gets its footprint without re-keying, and the same data feeds your Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory. Printers on another MIS or ERP connect through Signal Ingest, by API or file import.

Can “carbon neutral” print still be sold to consumers in the EU?

Not when the claim rests on offsets. Under Directive (EU) 2024/825, which applies from September 27, 2026, claims to consumers that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive climate impact because its emissions were offset are banned. Company-level communication about measured emissions and reduction plans is not banned, but it must be accurate and verifiable; check specific wording with your legal counsel.

What can a large customer ask a printer for under the CSRD?

From financial year 2027, a company reporting under the CSRD may not require more sustainability information from value-chain companies with up to 1,000 employees than the EU voluntary standard provides (Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1560). CarbonOS produces the energy and greenhouse gas figures customers ask for from the same data as your job footprints.

Which CarbonOS agents does a printer use?

Usually four. Carbon Intelligence calculates job footprints and the Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory; Proof Engine keeps the trail from every figure back to the Primo job, the emission factor and its version; Compliance Hub turns the data into customer and regulatory reports; and CarboVision answers questions in plain English, such as which jobs had the highest footprint per thousand copies last month.

What does a printer need to get started?

Access to Primo or an export of your jobs, plus energy bills or meter readings and fuel and waste records. In a demo, Carbonova shows how these records become job footprints and an inventory, and what connecting your own MIS involves.

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