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Email attachment print failure

Email attachments fail to print(blank page)Printer fault ruled out by Apple support! Is there any answer to fixing the incoming attachment to print?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Oct 7, 2023 1:22 AM

6 replies

Oct 7, 2023 4:03 AM in response to Barney31

An attachment is just a file. I suggest you first save the attachment to disk then try and print.


No printer fault does not necessarily rule out the need for an updated driver.


I suggest you contact the printer maker's tech support. It is, after all, their product and they are responsible for making it work with macOS; not the reverse.


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Oct 19, 2023 10:10 AM in response to Barney31

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

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Oct 11, 2023 4:21 AM in response to BDAqua

Yes it does show in preview, but still doesn't print.I contacted Apple support, tests were done on the printer,. it was established that it was not a printer fault, but an email based problem, they were unable to recommend any action.I have now tried Mail settings and deselected

Protect Mail Activity I will see what happens!


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