Outlook vs AutoPrintEmail: Which Is Better for Auto Printing?

If you’ve ever tried to get Outlook to automatically print emails or attachments, you’ve probably run into one of these:

• A “Rules Wizard” that only works half the time
• Zero support for attachments
• Hours spent on clunky VBA scripts or third-party plugins
• And an overwhelming urge to throw your printer out the window

So let’s settle it:

Is Outlook good enough for automatic printing?

Or should you use a dedicated tool like AutoPrint.Email?

Table of Contents

• 🥊 Outlook’s Auto-Print Capabilities: What Works (and What Doesn’t)
  • ✅ What Outlook Can Do:
  • ❌ What Outlook Can’t Do:
• 🚀 AutoPrint.Email: Built for One Job — and It Nails It
  • 🔧 What It Can Do (That Outlook Can’t):
• 🧾 Real Use Cases Outlook Struggles With
• 🤔 So... Should You Use Outlook or AutoPrint?
• 🖨️ Try AutoPrint.Email Free

🥊 Outlook’s Auto-Print Capabilities: What Works (and What Doesn’t)

Microsoft Outlook does offer some “Rules” for automating your inbox — but when it comes to printing, things get… awkward.

✅ What Outlook Can Do:

• Create rules that trigger when emails arrive
• Automatically print the email body (sometimes)
• Print to your default printer

❌ What Outlook Can’t Do:

• Print attachments (natively)
• Choose specific printers based on rules
• Work outside Windows
• Handle Gmail or IMAP inboxes
• Run reliably without extra configuration or plugins

Want to auto-print attachments in Outlook? You’ll need to:

• Install a third-party plugin (like Sperry Auto Print)
• Pay extra
• Hope it plays nice with your Outlook version
• Keep your desktop Outlook open 24/7

It’s technically possible — just not built-in, not easy, and not reliable.

🚀 AutoPrint.Email: Built for One Job — and It Nails It

AutoPrint.Email is a lightweight desktop app designed for one thing:

Automatically printing emails and attachments from Gmail, Outlook, or IMAP — without you lifting a finger.

🔧 What It Can Do (That Outlook Can’t):

You connect your account, pick a label/folder (like "Invoices" or "To Print"), and select what to print (email body, attachments, or both). That’s it.

It runs quietly in the background and just does the thing.

🧾 Real Use Cases Outlook Struggles With

🤔 So... Should You Use Outlook or AutoPrint?

If you:

• Already live inside desktop Outlook (Windows only)
• Only need to print plain-text emails occasionally
• Don’t mind managing plugins, macros, or complex rules...

Then maybe Outlook is just okay enough.

But if you:

• Need to print attachments automatically
• Want it to work on Mac, Gmail, or IMAP
• Hate fiddling with scripts or rules
• Just want your emails to print themselves

Then AutoPrint.Email is the better, simpler, and more powerful choice.

🖨️ Try AutoPrint.Email Free

You don’t need to uninstall Outlook — just stop trying to make it do what it wasn’t designed to do.

AutoPrint.Email works with Outlook (or without it), and gives you features it never will.

🖨️ → Download AutoPrint.Email — free 3-day trial, no limits.

Because automation should save time, not create another to-do list.