Printing envelopes.

[slackjawedyokel]

What simple PC program can I use to print out addresses onto envelopes?

I'm thinking of something where I have a list of all the addresses I frequently use to send out bills etc, then I just tick the ones I want printed out this month and send them to the printer.

I don't use MS Office (too much of a cheapskate); I use Open Office instead. I can print out envelopes from there, but the ways I've found are difficult and glitchy and I'm sure it could be handled simply by a standalone program.

Thanks.

 

[Boysground]

I have used open office and Microsoft office. I save a document the only item on the document is an envelope with the address on it. I keep these in an addresses file so they are easy to find and print. Works fine for me.

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[slackjawedyokel]

I have used open office and Microsoft office. I save a document the only item on the document is an envelope with the address on it. I keep these in an addresses file so they are easy to find and print. Works fine for me.

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But that means you have to have a file with every address, then manually open each one you want before you print it. This seems unnecessarily laborious when you could have all your addresses in a program, maybe it presents you with a list of the top lines of all the addresses and you tick the dozen you want printed and print. I'm sure such a program is out there somewhere...

 

[Boysground]

Very true. There probably is something out there that does the job.

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[George from SJM Planning]

Have you tried the Royal Mail website? Not only does it print the envelopes but also the payment, no fussing with stamps either. Make sure you use the business login and it has a spreadsheet/address book upload option.

 

[Clive]

What simple PC program can I use to print out addresses onto envelopes?

I'm thinking of something where I have a list of all the addresses I frequently use to send out bills etc, then I just tick the ones I want printed out this month and send them to the printer.

I don't use MS Office (too much of a cheapskate); I use Open Office instead. I can print out envelopes from there, but the ways I've found are difficult and glitchy and I'm sure it could be handled simply by a standalone program.

Thanks.

one of the best office gadgets I ever bought was a Dymo label printer at about £50

much easier to print labels that mess about with various envelope sizes in printers

its used every day and the software that comes with it lets you create address books etc and works exactly how you describe above to select which address(s) you want to print

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Thanks Clive, that sounds like a winning suggestion!

 

[colhonk]

So them Dymo labels must be self sticky? do they stay well stuck?

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Time will tell (I've bought one). They seem to get good reviews so I assume they stick quite well.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Just buy A4 pages of sticky labels, divide a word or docs etc into column and rows to match the labels and print away. We have a list like this even for Christmas cards!!!

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Just buy A4 pages of sticky labels, divide a word or docs etc into column and rows to match the labels and print away. We have a list like this even for Christmas cards!!!

Yes, I've done that in the past and it's fine when you're printing addresses for Christmas cards etc but if you want a few addresses onto envelopes from a long list then it all becomes a bit of a faff and it becomes just as quick, and less frustrating, to resort to the biro.

 

[Av Gorritt]

one of the best office gadgets I ever bought was a Dymo label printer at about £50

much easier to print labels that mess about with various envelope sizes in printers

its used every day and the software that comes with it lets you create address books etc and works exactly how you describe above to select which address(s) you want to print

Plus one on that . Dymo Label Writer 450 .Saves all your addresses in it's own database , prints immediately , uses spurious labels if you want and no whinging , cheap too , you could try "printerbase .co.uk " to get one . They very often have them on offer and by the time you've got the offer they almost give you the printer . Non orig. labels cheap as well . Use ordinary envelopes and put the label on -- professional looking too !

 

[Notquiteretired]

You have a couple of choices:
1. mail merge and print direct on envelope / A4 sheet of labels
faff getting right bill in right envelope...
2. windowed envelope and line up the address on the bill so it fits the window.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Plus one on that . Dymo Label Writer 450 .Saves all your addresses in it's own database , prints immediately , uses spurious labels if you want and no whinging , cheap too , you could try "printerbase .co.uk " to get one . They very often have them on offer and by the time you've got the offer they almost give you the printer . Non orig. labels cheap as well . Use ordinary envelopes and put the label on -- professional looking too !

I got one from Amazon.
Typical Amazon pricing; bare printer for £61 or printer plus a load of original labels for £58...

 

[Thick Farmer]

Just get window envelopes.

 

[a9driver]

We got window envelopes as well its a lot quicker too.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

You have a couple of choices:
1. mail merge and print direct on envelope / A4 sheet of labels
faff getting right bill in right envelope...
2. windowed envelope and line up the address on the bill so it fits the window.

+1. Mail merge and Avery style sticky labels through sheet feeder the Laser printer

 

[Cowabunga]

Mail merge is a basic word processing skill. I know vaguely how to do it but have never actually done it. You need a database of names and addresses first, then you can merge the names into a standard letter so that each letter is individualised and matched with an envelope or label sheet printed with the full name and address.

My daughter does it regularly but she has an office job, so guess what I'd do if ever required? Yes, I'd subcontract the job to dear daughter.

 

[Pheasant Surprise]

Mail merge is a basic word processing skill. I know vaguely how to do it but have never actually done it. You need a database of names and addresses first, then you can merge the names into a standard letter so that each letter is individualised and matched with an envelope or label sheet printed with the full name and address.

My daughter does it regularly but she has an office job, so guess what I'd do if ever required? Yes, I'd subcontract the job to dear daughter.

Poor daughter! There's only about 50,000 videos on YouTube of how to do mail merge on every WP platform ever known to man. I think watching paint drying would be more fun though....

 

[Bob c]

you make up your invoice then save as a pdf then email to customer
no address label to print and no stamp and no printer to buy