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 :)

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

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-23T22:41:17+00:00

    I am having the same exact issue on a clients computer. They are using Word 2019 and when they print an envelope a second envelope is grabbed but its blank. I am 8 hours into troubleshooting and just found this troubleshooting page. MICROSOFT PLEASE FIX!!!!!!!!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T22:45:44+00:00

    Have you tried installing a new printer driver?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-03-21T22:34:43+00:00

    That is more or less what do. I just highlight the address on the letter>Mailing>Envelopes>The address appears in the envelope 'Dialogue box>Press print. That's it.

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  5. 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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