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Drag and drop print jobs to specific printers Desktop
It is now well known that when you drag and drop a file to the Printer Setup Icon installed in the Dock, it is printed immediatly ... but to the default printer without opening the application.

If you first open the Printer List window of the Printer Setup Utility, and then drop the file onto one of the printers in the list, the file will print on the chosen printer (local or not, inkjet or laser, etc.). Not that this doesn't work with PageSender Fax).

[robg adds: Although this method works, if you do a lot of drag-and-drop printing to different printers, you'll probably just want to use the Printers -> Create Desktop Printer menu item to make a desktop printer for each printer you normally use. After that, you can store these desktop printers in either the sidebar, the dock, or the toolbar for very quick access via drag-and-drop.]
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Authored by: Michel_X on Apr 19, '05 12:15:03PM
I has forget to say :
The most advantage of the list is that the STATUS (busy, printing, stopped,...) of each printer is easily readable (not in the icons on dock or destop)...

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Michel X

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Drag and drop print jobs to specific printers
Authored by: Uncle Asad on Apr 19, '05 06:46:01PM

Also, If you goof up and print to the wrong printer (particularly a non-active or non-attached printer), you can drag-and-drop the print job between printers to get it in the right place...no need to cancel and reprint!



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Drag and drop print jobs to specific printers
Authored by: dkeitel on Apr 20, '05 12:15:35AM

Is there a way to drag and drop to a shared printer (not connected to your own Mac)? I print to a shared printer that sometimes isn't visible (when the connected computer is asleep).



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