AutoPrintEmail: The Smart Way to Automatically Print and Organize Your Emails
It started like every Monday.
Slack pings. Stripe dings. Email floods in from seven different tools I said I'd “streamline someday.” Somewhere in the mess was a PayPal receipt I needed to print.
So I did what any well-meaning indie hacker does:
Opened Zapier. Dug through my “automations.”
Tried to build a Print-from-Email → Google Drive → PDF → Epson hack.
Fifteen minutes later? Nothing worked. Printer jammed. Chrome froze.
And that’s when I said it — out loud, alone in my kitchen:
“This is so dumb. Why can’t emails just print themselves?”
Table of Contents
- So I Built the Thing I Wanted
- Email’s Not Going Anywhere. But Manual Printing Should.
- How AutoPrintEmail Actually Works
- Real Indie Hacker Use Cases
- Why I Gave Up Zapier for This
- But Wait — Why Print Anything in 2025?
- Who Should Use This?
- Setup in Under 5 Minutes
- What It's Not
- Try It Free
So I Built the Thing I Wanted
That night, I made a list:
- Needs to work with Gmail and Outlook
- Needs to handle attachments
- Must not live in the cloud (privacy matters)
- No zaps. No scripts. No tabs.
- Must Just Work™
That list became AutoPrintEmail — a desktop app that sits quietly in the corner, watching your inbox, and prints the right emails to your printer automatically.
Email’s Not Going Anywhere. But Manual Printing Should.
Let’s be honest. If you're running a solo business (or five), email is the nervous system of your entire operation.
Contracts, receipts, onboarding docs, confirmations, client approvals — it all flows through your inbox.
And when you need a physical copy, you:
- Click into Gmail
- Search for the email
- Open it
- Hope the formatting holds
- Hit “Print”
- Watch your printer pause for no reason
- Sigh. Deeply.
That’s 7 steps. Per email.
Now multiply that by 12 emails per week you meant to print and didn’t.
Now multiply that by… your sanity.
How AutoPrintEmail Actually Works
It’s not a web app. It’s not a plugin. It’s not SaaS.
It's a tiny desktop app that connects to your Gmail or Outlook account and just prints emails based on your existing mailboxes.
- Works with Gmail, Outlook, and IMAP
- Supports labels, folders, and senders
- Handles PDFs, Word docs, and receipts
- Works on Mac & Windows
- Connects to any local or networked printer
Set it once. Walk away. Your emails become paper. Like magic.
Real Indie Hacker Use Cases
🧾 Daily Stripe Receipts
Label all Stripe receipts as "to print" — they auto-print for bookkeeping.
📦 Order Confirmations from Shopify
Set a Gmail label "Orders" with from:orders@shopify.com filter — now the fulfillment guy sees a printed slip before you finish your coffee. Learn more about our Shopify integration.
🧑🎓 Newsletter Readers
Filter from:@substack.com to a Newsletters label and build a daily reading pile of printed genius. Read more about printing newsletters automatically while you sleep.
🧘 Distraction-Free Mode
Turn screen time into print time. Read newsletters over breakfast, not in a browser tab jungle.
Why I Gave Up Zapier for This
Because sometimes, the best automation is stupid simple.
No APIs. No setup videos. No infinite-loop bugs.
AutoPrintEmail is a real automation:
- You don’t log in to check it
- You don’t remember it exists
- It just… does the thing
And unlike Zapier, it doesn’t charge you per task. Or lock you out when you hit some hidden quota.
But Wait — Why Print Anything in 2025?
Because paper still rules for certain things:
- You don’t accidentally “mark as read” a printed invoice
- You don’t forget what you printed — it’s in your hand
- You can scribble, highlight, stack, and file it
- And it never disappears into an archived label
It’s not anti-digital. It’s pro-peace-of-mind.
Who Should Use This?
- Indie hackers who want to stop baby-sitting their inbox
- Consultants and freelancers who need physical docs
- Ops-minded folks who like paper trails
- Anyone tired of "just one more thing" to click
- Avid substack/newsletter readers who want to reduce their screen time
Setup in Under 5 Minutes
- Download the app
- Connect your Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP
- Select your existing Gmail/Outlook mailboxes (like "Newsletters")
- Pick your printer
- Let it run
Go to sleep. Wake up. Collect your documents like it's mail day. If you're wondering about Gmail's native printing limitations, AutoPrintEmail handles those seamlessly.
What It's Not
❌ It’s not a cloud app
❌ It’s not a browser extension
❌ It’s not some clunky enterprise tool
❌ It’s not meant to do 100 things
It does one job:
Print emails automatically.
And it does it really well.
Try It Free
3-day trial. No limits. Full feature access.
Just download, install, and let your inbox breathe.
🖨️ → Get AutoPrintEmail
After the trial, it's just $99 for a lifetime license — no subscriptions, no per-task fees. Compare that to other email printing tools and see why indie hackers are switching.
For a deeper dive into how automatic email printing works, check out our complete guide to email printing automation.
Let your printer finally do something useful.
And take one more boring task off your plate.
Start Printing Your Emails Today
Join thousands of users who have reduced their screen time while staying connected.
Local printing. Your emails are never sent to our servers.
Works on Windows, Mac, and web browsers
No need to open your browser or email client to manually print your emails.