Apple 12/640PS manual Printing with a desktop printer

Printing with a desktop printer

You can also print documents without leaving the Finder, using one of the two methods described here. These methods are particularly efficient when you have a number of documents from the same application that you want to print at once.

mDrag the icons of the documents (from one application) to the desktop icon of the printer you want to use.

or

mSelect the icons of the documents you want to print and choose the Print command from the File menu. The documents will be printed on the default printer. (See “Switching Between Printers,” next.)

In either case, the computer will show you the Print dialog box so you can choose printing options. Make your choices, then click the Print button.

After a few moments, the document starts to print. If background printing is turned on, you can continue working while the document is printing. You can also monitor and control the documents that are waiting to print. (See “Monitoring Printing,” later in this chapter.)

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