mSelect the icons of the documents you want to print and then choose Print from the File menu. The documents will be printed on the default printer. (See “Switching Between Printers,” later in this chapter.)
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.
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 and Controlling Background Printing,” later in this chapter.)
Creating, throwing away, and manipulating desktop printer icons
To create a desktop printer, select the printer in the Chooser. After you close the Chooser, the icon appears on your desktop.
You can also do the following with desktop printer icons:
mThrow away the icon. Drag the icon to the Trash. You can’t throw away a desktop printer icon while the printer is printing a document.
Note: You must always have at least one printer icon on your desktop. If you throw away the last icon, it will immediately be created again.
mRename the icon. Rename the icon as you would any other Finder icon. Click the name to highlight it, then type the new name. This changes the name of the icon, not the name of the printer.
mMove the icon. You can drag the icon anywhere you like.
mCreate an alias for the icon. You can create an alias for a desktop printer as you would for any Finder icon by selecting the icon and choosing Make Alias from the File menu. You can move the alias anywhere on or off the desktop.
