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No A4b size when primnting mac mail message

When I try to print a message that I received in Mac Mail, the Print window lists all sort of paper sizes, but lately (after I forgot which update: I'm presently running Mojave 10.14.6 on a 2019 MacBook Pro 13'') I no longer have the choice of selecting A4: I can have US Letter, A5, etc etc, but no longer A4. I worked around the problem by creating a custom size, but there should be another way of bringing back the A4 size among standard paper size choices! I should add that this problem only happens when printing from Mail: no problem when printing from Word, Acrobat, Preview etc etc.

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 2:08 AM

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Posted on Jan 12, 2020 11:30 AM

As I mentioned in my original message, I have in the meantime created a custom A4 size. Bizarrely enough, after I did that the A4 size showed up again in the print window. To be on the safe side, I followed your suggestion and did a safe mode restart (the A4 format was there) and then reverted to the normal log in, and the A4 is also now available in the print window. I plan anyway to update to Catalina as soon as 10.15.3 becomes available. Thanks for your help!

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Jan 12, 2020 11:30 AM in response to Joseph_S.

As I mentioned in my original message, I have in the meantime created a custom A4 size. Bizarrely enough, after I did that the A4 size showed up again in the print window. To be on the safe side, I followed your suggestion and did a safe mode restart (the A4 format was there) and then reverted to the normal log in, and the A4 is also now available in the print window. I plan anyway to update to Catalina as soon as 10.15.3 becomes available. Thanks for your help!

Jan 12, 2020 9:58 AM in response to Sorengo

Hello Sorengo.


Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.


If I'm understanding correctly, the A4 size is no longer available when printing from the Mail app on your Mac. I will be glad to assist.


Let's try safe mode to see if that helps:


Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac

If the issue persists, test in another user account:


How to test an issue in another user account on your Mac

Let us know how it goes. Cheers.


No A4b size when primnting mac mail message

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