diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index 89b2bd1c1..7bec34351 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ def dao_get_letters_to_be_printed(print_run_date):
     notifications = Notification.query.filter(
         Notification.created_at < convert_bst_to_utc(last_processing_deadline),
         Notification.notification_type == LETTER_TYPE,
-        Notification.status == NOTIFICATION_CREATED
+        Notification.status == NOTIFICATION_CREATED,
+        Notification.key_type == KEY_TYPE_NORMAL
     ).order_by(
         Notification.created_at
     ).all()
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_letters_pdf_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_letters_pdf_tasks.py
index efd3f1004..a66045e2b 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_letters_pdf_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_letters_pdf_tasks.py
@@ -281,6 +281,15 @@ def test_get_key_and_size_of_letters_to_be_sent_to_print(notify_api, mocker, sam
         created_at=(datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=1)).isoformat()
     )
 
+    # test notification we don't expect to get sent
+    create_notification(
+        template=sample_letter_template,
+        status='created',
+        reference='ref4',
+        created_at=(datetime.now() - timedelta(days=1)).isoformat(),
+        key_type=KEY_TYPE_TEST
+    )
+
     mock_s3 = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.s3.head_s3_object', side_effect=[
         {'ContentLength': 2},
         {'ContentLength': 1},