Ctrl + p to print directly from Nautilus files

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It would be nice, and I think easy to implement to be able to print files just by typing ctrl+p or selecting “print”.

Right now, you have to open file to be able to print it in diffrent app

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Considering the following,

  • Gimp for .xcf, .png files.
  • Evince for .pdf / .ps files
  • Inkscape for .svg files
  • … etc

Each app listed above knows the file / data they are handling, and that’s needed before sending the file / data to the print server.

Nautilus cannot know / handle all file formats. So, sending a file for printing in nautilus will only send the binary data to the print server, which I guess will end up printing garbage.

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oh, right, I meant PDF files. I agree that with the rest it would be a problematic

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Sid’s point still holds, even for just PDFs. If people need to print PDFs on a regular basis, somebody could write (or maybe already has written?) an extension to add this to the menu. It’s not something nautilus strives to include by default.

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yeah, you right, just my suggestion