Print Priority Mail Label on a MAC in Word 2016

Hey -

A couple things to check:

1. Find your paper size, or make a custom paper size in Page Setup...
2. Use the pull down menu from the top toolbar instead of the keyboard shortcut. Some apps on Macs auto print—bypassing the print dialog box—if you use Command+P, and some do the same if you use the print button. I just tried Word 2016 and I got a print dialog box (though not with a Brother printer)....but be aware some software chooses to bypass it.

 

You do that via the Paper Feed option in the print dialog box...and select the bypass tray (Brother may call it something else...like: manual feed tray). But the odd thing is, typically it won't print at all if the tray is NOT selected. Seems like it is automatically pulling from the bypass tray...which is usually good.

This is a head scratcher. Stuff you have probably already verified:

Paper size
Paper feed
Paper orientation (landscape vs portrait)
Paper margins (the defaults are typically .25 top, left and right, and .56 bottom; you can change those down to about .12 or so...varies a bit by printer)

The only other thing that comes to mind...which gets complicated with margins...is the size of the print. Most printers have a couple options, like:

Actual size
Fit
[Manual size selection via a percentage]

Try using Fit to Size or its equivalent, if the default is actual size (or 100%) so that no text wraps or gets chopped off. Easier (when exact size is not critical) than futzing with margins and layout.

 

Good deal. Probably just a bug or driver issue, and the update resolved it.

FYI: CUPS is the underlying printing system on Macs (and pretty much all Unix and Linux systems.) Windows has its own, different printing system....which is a big chunk of the difference between printing on each platform. Lots of differences, but probably the biggest is Postscript vs. PCL.

CUPS was an open source thing forever, but Apple has taken it over....likely so they are not dependent on any other group of developers that might go a different direction then what Apple wants. Still open source, and used by other platforms, but Apple can now certainly tightly integrate and plan for chances.

Apple will update the version of CUPS pretty much with each major OS release (like from 10.12 to 10.13), and sometimes printer drivers must be updated to function correctly, to match the version of CUPS. So...never update to a full OS if you have an older printer...until you are sure that the printer is supported (new or tested and working drivers) for the new OS.

Brother has always been good about Mac support, and updating drivers on older machines, so hopefully you will see no issues. Some other brands....no guarantees.