Send to Printer

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Print file(s) via the default printer

README

SEND TO PRINTER

Send file(s) to print via the default printer

DESCRIPTION

This action will attempt to print the selected file(s) once to the default printer.

NOTE: There must be a printer configured as the default printer.

NOTE: If there are any errors, they will be silently discarded.

NOTE: When printing multiple files, the name of the print job will be the first file in the list.

DEPENDENCIES

The following programs must be installed and available:

lpr to submit files for printing (provided by the packages below)

Depending on your family of distro, the following package needs to be installed to satisfy the aforementioned program dependency.

Debian/Mint/Ubuntu: Install the package cups-bsd
Fedora: Install the package cups-client
Arch/Manjaro: Install the package cups

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3 Comments

Igor Santos-1 month ago

The README is confusing....... On Mint 22, installing `lpr` causes an uninstall of `cups-bsd`, and vice-versa.

Rick Calixte-1 month ago

Hi Igor, apologies for the confusion. The reason the package names were added to the README was to make clear about the source to actually avoid the potential for confusion. Program names and package names often overlap/intersect but given that that wasn't the case here, it merited calling out. I can add a tweak for the README to emphasize the package names further if that will help.

Craig Ritchie-5 months ago

This wasn’t working for me on Mint 21.3 until I read the Description. You must identify a Default printer for this to work.