Printing Envelopes in Word - Blank Page Printing After

Anonymous
2022-03-17T16:24:50+00:00

Using Word 2016

Printing form letters and envelopes is a large part of my job. For years I've been able to go to the mailings tab, select envelopes, have the address extracted from the letter and print the envelope no problem. As of this week, every time I do this a blank sheet of paper prints out after the envelope. To clarify, there is not a blank page being added to my document, just a blank page being printed out after the correctly printed envelope. One proposed solution I've seen is to disable two-sided printing which I have done and it did not solve the problem.

Thanks in adavnce!

Update:

While I have not been able to solve the root problem of Microsoft printing an extra page when printing envelopes, I was able to change printer settings to stop the issue. In printer preferences (for my printer, under the detailed settings tab) I turned disable blank page print on. I want to clarify that this is not the cause of the problem, as I have had this setting off for years and never had this issue, but it does fix the problem :)

Moderator's note:

As of March 31, people in this thread are reporting that a recent update fixed the problem.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-29T16:17:34+00:00

    Yes, please leave feedback in the Word software program. Go to file -> Feedback (down at the bottom on the left-hand side) then send a frown, and describe your problem in the feedback box on the right.

    Hopefully, the more people who complain, the quicker this will hopefully get fixed!

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-29T15:35:20+00:00

    I just left feedback via Word. I've seen this issue multiple times now with different customers and different manufacturers. It's not a printer or driver issue. Office is broken using the envelope button. As others have stated an envelope template does work and if your print driver has it, uncheck print blank pages but not all manufacturers include that setting.

    This issue needs a quick fix Msoft!

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  3. Charles Kenyon 171K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-03-21T21:28:54+00:00

    I have tried all of the above and it's still not working. what else do you suggest because I can't keep printing and wasting paper?

    Decades ago, I stopped using the Envelope button and started using my own envelope template.

    I select and copy from the letter, and create a new envelope using the template. Paste, print, and close without saving unless I think I want to save an envelope to that addressee.

    See Change Envelope Layout by Graham Mayor, MVP.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T17:24:19+00:00

    Hello.

    For me, the issue is not document-specific. Anytime I print an envelope from any document in Word, a blank sheet of paper prints out as well.

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  5. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323.6K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-03-19T05:26:40+00:00

    If you send me a copy of the document, referencing this thread in the covering email message, I will investigate the issue.

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