Which of these, or combination of these, is true about that artifact appearance in the Word print panel:
- Did not occur prior to the installation of the macOS 10.13.1 security updates 2017-001 (both of them).
- Did not occur prior to installation of the Office 15.40 update in November.
- Did not occur prior to the installation of macOS 10.13.1.
- Add-ons were installed to augment Office 2016 for Mac applications.
You might try booting the Mac into Safe Boot mode, and then verify that these Quick View Print panel artifacts remain in Word 15.40, or are not present. Reboot normally, and check again.
If still present, there is not much to be done until either Microsoft issues a 15.41 update, and/or Apple releases 10.13.2 — and check if the problem remains.