Drag-and-drop printing
I just had another "Coolest Thing Ever(tm)" moment. I needed to print out a few dozen HTML files. For the first dozen, I open then all in Safari, individually hit Cmd-P, return, close, repeat. There must be a better way. Google turns up an Apple Pro Tip for creating a Desktop printer. You can drag a file onto the printer icon, and it will either print directly or open the proper application's print dialog. Even better, you can drag the icon into your Finder's sidebar. It also works just as well with the printer's Dock icon. Even better, the list of direct-print file types apparently includes any that Cocoa handles natively - PDF, text, and [drumroll] HTML.
My new workflow? Highlight a few dozen files in a Finder window. Drag them all to the printer icon in the sidebar/Dock. Go eat a cookie.
I love OS X.
My new workflow? Highlight a few dozen files in a Finder window. Drag them all to the printer icon in the sidebar/Dock. Go eat a cookie.
I love OS X.
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if i had a printer i'd do this right now. just for the hell of it!
Also, you can set up a drag and drop fax - but it doesn't work at all because it needs a dialog to choose the number to fax too. :-(
Drag and drop printing seems to be only half implemented if you ask me - a bit like a last minute addition.
Now drag and drop faxing on OS/2 was interesting. You could drag an address from the address book to the document, and it attached a small address marker to the icon. Then you dragged the document to the fax, and it faxed it to the fax number in the address. A little bizarre, not intuitive perhaps, but interesting...
Originally posted by curiousuburb
You can also drag any folder from the Finder to the Desktop Printer to replicate the missing "Print Finder Window" command in Panther.
Ah good hint, welcome, so easy