Since they print the instructions we are just printing on plain paper and returning the 1099-NEC paper to our supplier.  Not the best solution as now we have twice as many pages, but plain paper is cheaper so we're dealing with it...

Ours are also printing ALL forms despite checking the box to suppress printing under $600, so people who didn't get paid this year are printing on blank forms.  We don't want to delete them out because many will get paid again next year if business re-opens normally and then they won't carry over.