Skip to main content

How to only print attachment(s) from one email or selected emails in Outlook?

Author Sun Last modified

In Outlook, you can print the emails, but have you printed the attachments only from one email or selected emails in Outlook? In this article, I introduce the tricks on solving this job.

Only print attachment(s) from one email with Quick Print

Only print attachment(s) from selected emails with VBA


Only print attachment(s) from one email with Quick Print

To print the attachments only without email body, you can use the Quick Print function.

1. In the message window, right click at the attachment you want to print, select "Quick Print" from the context menu.
doc print attachment 1

2. Then click "Save" > "Save" to save the attachment file in a location.
doc print attachment 2
doc print attachment 3

3. Now go to the location you placed the attachment file, and open the file to print as usual.


Only print attachment(s) from selected emails with VBA

If you want to print the attachments from selected emails, you can use VBA code.

1. Select the emails you want to print the attachments, press "Alt" + "F11" keys to enable "Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications" window.

2. Double click "ThisOutlookSession" from "Project1" pane, copy and paste below code to the script.

VBA:Print attachments from selected emails

Sub BatchPrintAllAttachmentsInMultipleEmails()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20180417
Dim xFSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
Dim xTmpFldPath As String
Dim xSelection As Outlook.Selection
Dim xItem As Object
Dim xMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim xAttachments As Outlook.Attachments
Dim xAttachment As Outlook.Attachment
Dim xShell As Object
Dim xTempFolder As Object
Dim xTempFolderItem As Object
Dim xFilePath As String
On Error Resume Next
Set xFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
xTmpFldPath = xFSO.GetSpecialFolder(2).Path & "\Temp for Attachments"
If xFSO.FolderExists(xTmpFldPath) = False Then
    xFSO.CreateFolder xTmpFldPath
End If
Set xSelection = Outlook.Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
Set xShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set xTempFolder = xShell.NameSpace(0)
For Each xItem In xSelection
    If xItem.Class = olMail Then
        Set xMailItem = xItem
        If xMailItem.Attachments.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
        Set xAttachments = xMailItem.Attachments
        For Each xAttachment In xAttachments
            xFilePath = xTmpFldPath & "\" & xAttachment.FileName
            xAttachment.SaveAsFile (xFilePath)
            Set xTempFolderItem = xTempFolder.ParseName(xFilePath)
            xTempFolderItem.InvokeVerbEx ("print")
        Next
    End If
Next

'If xFSO.FolderExists(xTmpFldPath) Then
'    xFSO.DeleteFolder xTmpFldPath, True
'End If
End Sub

doc print attachment 4

3. Then click "Tools" > "References", and in the "References" dialog, check "Microsoft Scripting Runtime" checkbox.
doc print attachment 5   doc print attachment 6

4. Click "OK", then press "F5" key to print all attachments in the selected emails in bulk.

Note: If the attachment is picture, it will pop out a "Print Pictures" dialog first, click "Print" to go to the "Save Print Output As" dialog.
doc print attachment 7

AI Mail Assistant in Outlook: Smarter Replies, Clearer Communication (one-click magic!) FREE

Streamline your daily Outlook tasks with the AI Mail Assistant from Kutools for Outlook. This powerful tool learns from your past emails to offer intelligent and accurate responses, optimize your email content, and help you draft and refine messages effortlessly.
doc ai email handle

This feature supports:

  • Smart Replies: Get responses crafted from your past conversations—tailored, precise, and ready to go.
  • Enhanced Content: Automatically refine your email text for clarity and impact.
  • Effortless Composition: Just provide keywords, and let AI handle the rest, with multiple writing styles.
  • Intelligent Extensions: Expand your thoughts with context-aware suggestions.
  • Summarization: Get concise overviews of long emails instantly.
  • Global Reach: Translate your emails into any language with ease.

This feature supports:

  • Smart email replies
  • Optimized content
  • Keyword-based drafts
  • Intelligent content extension
  • Email summarization
  • Multi-language translation

Best of all, this feature is completely free forever! Don’t wait—download AI Mail Assistant now and enjoy!


Best Office Productivity Tools

Breaking News: Kutools for Outlook Launches Free Version!

Experience the all-new Kutools for Outlook with 100+ incredible features! Click to download now!

🤖 Kutools AI : Uses advanced AI technology to handle emails effortlessly, including replying, summarizing, optimizing, extending, translating, and composing emails.

📧 Email Automation: Auto Reply (Available for POP and IMAP)  /  Schedule Send Emails  /  Auto CC/BCC by Rules When Sending Email  /  Auto Forward (Advanced Rules)   /  Auto Add Greeting   /  Automatically Split Multi-Recipient Emails into Individual Messages ...

📨 Email Management: Recall Emails  /  Block Scam Emails by Subjects and Others  /  Delete Duplicate Emails  /  Advanced Search  /  Consolidate Folders ...

📁 Attachments ProBatch Save  /  Batch Detach  /  Batch Compress  /  Auto Save   /  Auto Detach  /  Auto Compress ...

🌟 Interface Magic: 😊More Pretty and Cool Emojis   /  Remind you when important emails come  /  Minimize Outlook Instead of Closing ...

👍 One-click Wonders: Reply All with Attachments  /   Anti-Phishing Emails  /  🕘Show Sender's Time Zone ...

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏻 Contacts & Calendar: Batch Add Contacts From Selected Emails  /  Split a Contact Group to Individual Groups  /  Remove Birthday Reminders ...

Use Kutools in your preferred language – supports English, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, and 40+ others!

Instantly unlock Kutools for Outlook with a single click. Don't wait, download now and boost your efficiency!

kutools for outlook features1 kutools for outlook features2