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Using print app print info does not show on envelope. No problem printing but cannot transfer info from contact app to envelope

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Quick, practical troubleshooting for printing addresses from Contacts on macOS Sierra/High Sierra. A blank envelope preview usually means either Contacts isn’t supplying a postal address field to the envelope template, or the envelope paper/margins/orientation are wrong so the text is off the printable area. The following steps isolate which it is and give fixes you can try right away.

  1. Verify the contact card: make sure the address is in a Postal/Address field (street, city, state, zip) — not only in Notes or a single-line field. Create a simple test contact with one clear postal address to rule out data-format issues.
  2. Select the contact, choose File > Print (Cmd‑P) and pick the envelope option/style. If the print preview is blank, click File > Print > PDF > Save as PDF. Inspect that PDF: if the address is present there, the Contacts → printer pipeline is fine and the problem is printer/orientation; if the PDF is blank, Contacts didn’t pass the address.
  3. If it’s a printer/orientation problem: in the Print dialog click Show Details, set the correct Paper Size (choose the envelope type you use), check orientation and the printer’s envelope/manual-feed settings/tray selection, then try a single-sheet manual feed.
  4. If the PDF is blank (Contacts side): test after restarting Contacts, try printing the new test contact, and test from a fresh macOS user account to rule out a corrupted preference. Export a backup of your contacts (File > Export > Export vCard) before making any changes.

If those steps don’t fix it, consider a Pages envelope template or a simple mail-merge as a workaround. As reported, the envelope prints but no address appears; and as noted, online guides exist — follow the diagnostic above first and then report the exact macOS version (10.12.x vs 10.13.x), printer model, and whether contacts are from iCloud/Exchange for more specific help.

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So you're saying and other examples are now dead?

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