How to print Gmail emails when Gmail won't print

Some Gmail users have stated on Google forums that they can't print emails when they select the Print option within Gmail.
If you encountered the same problem, these are a few potential fixes and workarounds for printing them in this guide.
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Some Gmail users have stated on Google forums that they can’t print emails when they select the Print option within Gmail.

Even though their printers print most documents ok, a few Gmail users have stated that nothing happens when they select Print or that the email pages print blank.

If Gmail emails aren’t printing for you either, these are a few potential fixes and workarounds for printing them.

Fix Gmail won’t print full page

Update the browser

Print the Gmail email from an alternative browser

Reset the browser

Check if you’ve selected the right printer destination

Clear the browser’s cache

Save the email as a PDF

Print emails from an email client software

Consider a different email client instead

1. Update the Browser

First, press the Customize Google Chrome button at the top right of the browser’s window.

Click Help > About Google Chrome to open the tab shown in the snapshot directly below.

Chrome will update if there’s a new version. Thereafter, restart the browser.

2. Print the Gmail email from an alternative browser

Gmail emails should print fine if you open them in another browser. We recommend you to use a reputable browser with good security and privacy.

The prin problem may come from a bug in your browser, so switching to another one can be a good temporary fix.

We suggest you use a stable and secure browser such as Opera, which has a straightforward interface that allows you to quickly access and print your emails.

3. Reset the browser

Click the Customize Google Chrome button and select Settings to open the tab below.

Click Advanced to expand the Settings tab.

Scroll to the bottom of the Settings tab and click Reset.

Press the Reset button to confirm.

Resetting browsers can often resolve numerous browser issues. This will delete all third-party extensions and themes, cookies and site data and restore the browser to its default settings.

4. Check if you’ve selected the right printer destination

Make sure you’ve selected to print from the correct destination printer. If your default printer isn’t the selected destination, it might not print.

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You can select the destination printer in Google Chrome from the print preview window shown directly below, which opens when you select Print.

Press the Change button there to open the Select a destination window shown directly below. That includes a few print destinations to choose from.

Select your current default printer listed there as the print destination. Then press the Print button to print the Gmail email.

5. Clear the browser’s cache

First, press the Download button on this page.

Open CCleaner’s setup wizard to add the software to Windows.

Then open the CCleaner window.

Click Cleaner on the left of CCleaner’s window.

Select the Internet Cache check box for your browser.

The Windows tab includes Explorer and Edge, but third-party browsers are included on the Applications tab.

Press the Analyze button to scan the browser cache.

Then press the Run cleaner button.

Click OK to confirm and clear the cache.

6. Save the Email as a PDF

First, open the Gmail email you need to print in Chrome.

Select the Print all option to open the Print preview window.

Click the Change button to open print destinations.

Select Save as PDF and press the Save button.

Select a folder to save your email to and click Save.

Now open the folder you saved the email to.

Click the email PDF to open it in your PDF software.

Then you can select to print the email with your PDF software’s print option.

7. Print emails from an email client software

Press the Settings button in Gmail and click on Settings.

Click the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab shown in the snapshot directly below.

Select the Enable IMAP radio button on that tab.

Press the Save Changes button.

Click Free Downloads on the Thunderbird homepage.

Open the software’s installer to add Thunderbird to Windows.

Click Tools > Account Settings to open the Account Settings window.

Select Add Mail Account from the Account Actions drop-down menu.

Enter the required Gmail account details in the Mail Account Setup window.

Thunderbird might automatically detect the IMAP account settings, but if not press the Manual Setup button to enter the settings.

Press the Done button to confirm the connection settings.

Thunderbird will then verify your settings.

Thereafter, you can open Gmail emails in Thunderbird by clicking Inbox.

Print a Gmail email by clicking File > Print in Thunderbird.

Alternatively, you can press the Ctrl + P hotkey.

8. Consider a different email client instead

Replacing a tool is much faster than fixing it, and with so many mail clients to choose from, it would be a shame to lose time sticking to Gmail.

That being said, we recommend trying Mailbird, an email client that is suited for both personal and business use.

This service is available as both a downloadable desktop client and a web client.

More so, the UI is customizable in terms of structuring, theme, and coloring, so managing the emails from multiple accounts will not be just easy, it will be enjoyable.

Both the downloadable and web clients are very stable and lightweight, and the frequent updates minimize the occurrence of bugs for too long.

Those are a few resolutions that might get your Gmail emails printed. If you can’t print the Gmail emails from Edge, you can also check out this article that provides further tips for fixing Edge printing.

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Enda Jantzen

Update: 2024-07-22

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