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Mail print extra small text

Good morning everyone,

I have an iMac 21,5' early 2014 with macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 and I regularly use the built in Mail app to manage my email's accounts. When I occasionally try to print emails (no matter what account is), mail app force me to print with a very small text. I tried to work with orientation and scale options but even if texts become more readable the message chops it in different pages.

Could someone help me to solve that problem?

Thanks in advance

Matteo Viciani

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 2:23 AM

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