[Macworld]

Post your comments for Printing selected text here

[artMonster]

Although not a one step process, I find it easy to use the Services menu and select TextEdit's "New Window Containing Selection" option and then [command-P] to print.

[MacsWester]

FWIW, I use Print Selection.Service from
http://www.schubert-it.com/download/
I don't know anything about it except that it's free and works great for me. You just select some text and/or graphics, then choose Print Selection from the Services menu. It works in every app I've tried, except MS Word.
(I use a MacBook Pro and an iMac, both running Mac OS X 10.5.5.)

[Matt1000]

AppleScript:
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "c" using {command down}
set theText to the clipboard
tell application "TextEdit"
make new document
tell front document
set text of it to theText
end tell
print front document with properties {target printer:PrinterNameHere} without print dialog
close front document without saving
end tell

[philburtfarm]

What I do if it isn't fancy that you need is I always have open my e-mail. I select the text then command-C to copy, using space I then jump over to my e-mail and do a command-V to paste it in the new e-mail and I can print that easily. If I have a whole bunch to do or I need to format it into something usable the I'll open word program. Very easy!
phil b

[NE1956WS]

Most of my printing is done from web pages. Firefox can print selected text only.
CTRL-P to bring up the print diaglog. Select Firefo from the drop-down menu. Select "Print Selection Only" in Options.
No add-on or $ needed.

[NE1956WS]

Oops, Command-P, not CTRL-P
That's my PC corruption showing.

[iMBPro]

thanks for the tip. I tried twice, but "install failed" message popped up at the last step, saying some files can not be copied to /Library/..... I use an MBPro that runs 10.5.5, too. Have you had the same problem?

[iMBPro]

Regarding Print Selection.Service (thanks MacsWester for the tip)
I mean I tried to install Print Select 1.0 twice, but "install failed" message popped up at the last step, saying some files can not be copied to /Library/..... I use an MBPro that runs 10.5.5, too. I don't have any settings that will block installation. Have you had the same problem?

[Natasha]

FREE....Am I missing the point? Using Tiger/2005 iMac... I highlight with my cursor text/graphics on line and copy/past to "TextEdit" and print!!!!! Example I have lots of recipes with great photos etc. Another example is highlighting pics by famous artists and download to desktop and print out on photo paper. What could be cheaper-FREE and easier COPY/PASTE???

[eveningclouds1]

I remember Net-Print very well and have tried many of the clip and print type utilities. What none of them do is give you the option of saving the web address along with the clip. I used to grab text with url and paste it into an email or a Save Clip queue, so that at the end of a session I’d have a single doc with relevant clips, quotes, reviews, each linked to its respectice web address. I could then print for reference or paste into an email. A great utility for reviewers, writers, researchers, one that has not been surpassed. Anyone know of anything similar that doesn’t involve a lot of two-stepping and workarounds?

[Natasha]

I also "highlight" and grab the web address and put on my desktop or in "Text Edit", emails etc. Read my post previous to yours..Natasha

[eveningclouds1]

You’re right, but I was looking for something that would skip the steps of (1) creating text edit file, (2) pasting text, (3) going back to browser and grabbing url, (4) going back to text edit and pasting url and then creating a visible separator to mark off the next item. I know it’s really not a lot of work, but the point is that Net-Print would do it all in the background, and you’d never have to leave the browser. (Hey, and whatever happened to Streamling in OS X for that matter?)

[sgtbob]

I hate to be so dense - but where is the 'Textedit' feature in Leopard? I can copy to a MS Word document and print but this might be a better route. Please advise.

Bob