EML to PDF: How to Merge .EML Files into One PDF Document?

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Eml files are individual email files that have been saved outside of an email client. Thunderbird is a popular client that saves emails as .eml files. For a variety of reasons, it is sometimes convenient to convert .eml files to different formats, such as PDF.

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PDF is well suited for Email storage if you use the correct software.

When converting eml to pdf, consider how you want to structure your project. Questions you should answer before starting:

How many .Eml files are you working with?
If you have thousands of .eml files, then you will need software that can automate the export.

Do you need to convert .eml files to a single PDF or to individual PDF files?
Sometimes its more convenient to combine the .eml files into a single large PDF file.

How should file attachments be handled?
When converting email to PDF, file attachments are too often an afterthought, when they should be the main focus of the project. Consider whether the file attachments should be placed inside the PDF file as separate files that can be later extracted, or whether they should be combined into the PDF document image, or simply ignored.

EML Viewer Pro

EmlViewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro) by Encryptomatic LLC is an email viewer that can accommodate any of the above scenarios.  It is well suited to eml-to-pdf conversion.

Screen shot of .eml viewer pro software with emails in the maillist.
Eml Viewer Pro email viewer can convert multiple .eml files to a single .pdf document.

How to convert EML to PDF with EmlViewer Pro.

First, download and install the free trial of EmlViewer Pro*.

Download Eml Viewer for email.
Download .Eml Viewer by Encryptomatic LLC.

Second, start the software and choose the folder containing your .EML files.

Third, select the emails in the mail list that you want to convert to PDF.

Fourth, on the Export tab, select the PDF export format that you desire. To convert multiple .eml files to one PDF, select one of the “Single PDF” export profiles.

Screen image of EmlViewer Pro showing the eml to single-PDF file conversion options.
Select a Single PDF export option for the EML file conversion.

Finally, click the Export button to begin the process.  EmlViewer Pro will continue process .eml files and placing them into the single PDF file until the operation is complete.

To get you started, watch this short video about converting Eml to PDF documents.

If you have any questions, post them below! Thanks for reading.

*Note: EmlViewer Pro is also known as PstViewer Pro. Both products are developed by Encryptomatic LLC. Although once separate, they have been combined into a single product.

How to Batch Print .EML Files

Printing .EML files can be a very tedious chore. If you are using an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird to open individual .eml files and print them, it gets boring fast.  Opening and printing .eml files this way is ok if you only have a few, but what if you have a folder filled with hundreds or thousands of .eml files?

Download Eml Viewer for email.

EmlViewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro) is a Windows software application that helps you work with email content.

EmlViewer Pro lets you to batch-print any number of selected EML files. Here’s how to do it.

First, start EML Viewer Pro. Using the folder explorer, select the folder containing the .eml emails. The messages will quickly populate the software’s Mail List.

Next, type “Control-A” to select all of the emails in the list.  Selected emails will appear blue.

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Mail list.
Now, click the Print button from the EML Viewer Pro toolbar.
Location of the print button in EmlViewer Pro.
Print button location.

When the printer dialog appears, choose the printer (or virtual printer) to which EmlViewer Pro will print .eml files.

Select printer to batch print .eml files.
Choose printer for .eml batch print job

EML Viewer Pro will start printing your emails. You can go have some coffee while it’s printing. That’s all there is to it.

If you can send .eml files to a printer, can you also batch print .eml files to a PDF file?

Yes, you certainly can! One options would be to tell EML Viewer Pro to print to a virtual PDF printer, such as the free BullZip virtual PDF printer.  Virtual printers may each behave a bit differently, so you should be aware of any peculiarities with your chosen software.

If you want to print multiple .eml files to a single PDF, make sure your virtual printer will support that. Many virtual PDF printers will print separate PDF files, but some will create a single .pdf file. Snaggit is a software tool with a virtual printer that will accept the export of many .eml files and combine them into a single file which can later be converted to PDF.

EML Viewer Procan also prints .eml files directly to PDF files. Here are a couple of articles we wrote earlier specifically about how to print .eml files to PDF files.

Download a free trial of EML Viewer Pro today and get started.