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I found that all my computers were printing emails from Mail.app with incredibly small font sizes. Some were so small I couldn't read them without getting very close to the paper. I messed around with the font sizes in Preferences, but to no avail. I called Apple and spent some time just messing around with trashing prefs, both of which helped me find the solution to the problem! In my user's Library -> Preferences folder, a plist by the name of com.apple.print.custompresets.plist was the culprit. I trashed the file on all my Macs, and now printing is big and beautiful!!
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OK, I moved the file:
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The same for me as well. Trashing this file doesn't change anything.... :(
Try deleting a different preference
I was able to correct this problem by deleting a different preference (I believe "com.apple.print.custompresets.plist"). Now it works fine.
Printing from mail.app
Actually, its rather odd, but the size of the text when you print from Mail.app is directly related to the width of the window you are printing from. Double click on an email so it opens in a separate window, drag the window size to the width you want the document to print at, and print. Voila, large text, small text, whatever you prefer.
Small print with Safari
I was able to correct this problem by deleting a different preference (I believe "com.apple.print.custompresets.plist"). Now it works fine.
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When I looked at this file, it seems to just be the place that stores your custom presets in the print options dialog (For instance, if you have a special set for printing color, or one for printing draft copies). I don\'t see how it would affect the print size for mail, unless it was stuck on a custom setting that you personally made.
Nope.
Must be the placebo effect. Tried it; didn't work. Sure wish it did, though.
Larger printing in Mail (and Safari)
In another thread on another forum concerning very tiny printing in Safari, it was noted that if you resize your screen to encompass only what you want to print -- in other words, as small as you can, eliminating as much blank space as you can -- the print will be larger as the program scales to fit the print page. A case of WYSIWYG. It worked in Safari, and it worked in Mail too. Hope this helps someone!
Another solution
As another solution, instead of opening the message, just select it in your mailbox message list and then print. This will print using the font size specified in the Mail preferences. Note that this only works if the message viewer pane below your message list is also closed.
Solving a small print problem in Mail.app
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