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Printing Envelopes and Mailing Labels

You may print Envelopes and Mailing Labels by selecting Print from the File menu.

In the Print dialog you can choose whether you wish to print Envelopes or Mailing Labels from the Style menu.

Types

By default, all records that are currently being displayed in BusyContacts will be printed. You may limit the output to only the selected records by checking Print selected records.

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Only records with a valid mailing address will be printed.

Mailing Labels​

When printing mailing labels, the following options are available across two tabs: Layout and Label.

Mailing Labels — Layout tab​

Mailing Labels
  • Page: Displays a list of label sizes grouped by Avery A4, Avery Standard, DYMO, and Custom.
  • Size: Displays the sheet size and unit of measurement.
  • Orientation: When using a Custom page size, you can choose a layout orientation (Portrait or Landscape).
  • Start printing label on: Allows you to select the starting position when printing onto a partially used sheet of labels.
  • Dimensions: Displays the margins, labels and gutters for the selected page type. These settings are only editable if you have selected Custom from the Page menu.

Mailing Labels — Label tab​

Mailing Labels
  • Address: The recipient address label you wish to print (for example: Primary, Home, Work, or any custom address label). You can also choose All to print every address associated with each contact.
  • Print: A set of checkboxes controlling which name-related fields are included on each label:
    • Name — Prints the contact's full name.
    • Company — Prints the contact's company name.
    • Department — Prints the contact's department.
    • Nickname — Prints the contact's nickname.
    • Country — Prints the recipient's country.
      • Except my country — When Country is enabled, check this to suppress the country when it matches the sender's country.
  • Color: Click the color picker to choose the text color for the mailing address.
  • Image: Click Set to choose an image to print next to the mailing address.
  • Font: Click Set to choose a font face for the mailing address.

Envelopes​

When printing envelopes, the following options are available across three tabs: Layout, Label, and Orientation.

Envelopes — Layout tab​

Envelopes
  • Layout: Displays a list of envelope sizes grouped by International, North American, Japanese and Custom.
  • Dimensions: Displays the Envelope Size, and the dimensions of the Recipient and Sender print areas. These settings are only editable if you have selected Custom from the Layout menu.

Envelopes — Label tab​

Envelopes
  • Address: The recipient address label you wish to print (for example: Primary, Home, Work, or any custom address label).
  • Print: A set of checkboxes controlling which name-related fields are included on each envelope:
    • Name — Prints the contact's full name.
    • Company — Prints the contact's company name.
    • Department — Prints the contact's department.
    • Nickname — Prints the contact's nickname.
    • Country — Prints the recipient's country.
      • Except my country — When Country is enabled, check this to suppress the country when it matches the sender's country.
  • Color: Click the color picker to choose the text color for the mailing address.
  • Image: Click Set to choose an image to print next to the mailing address.
  • Font: Click Set to choose a font face for the mailing address.
  • Print my address: Check to print the sender's return address, and choose the sender's address type (Primary, Home or Work).

Envelopes — Orientation tab​

Envelopes
  • Orientation: Select the orientation of the Envelope (Portrait or Landscape).
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