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DropPrint - 1.4

drag & drop printing for the desktop & command line

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This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	1.4
Release Date:	2002-12-11
License:	Commercial
Downloads (this version):	2,430
Downloads (all versions):	4,570
Price:	$5.00

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Product Description:

Do you remember how you could drag and drop files from the Finder to a printer icon back in Systems 7.5 through 9.x, and they would be printed? Ever wonder where that feature went in Mac OS X?

DropPrint is a small, multi-purpose print tool for Mac OS X. It uses various Macintosh technologies (both Carbon and Cocoa) to implement drag-and-drop, command line, and service-based printing of printable document files (e.g. word processing and spreadsheet files), PostScript files, PDF files, and text clippings. DropPrint makes batch print jobs quick and easy, and allows you to print text in applications that don't even have a Print command, or just print the text from a selection that you want to print.

Features:

Files are printed immediately (ie. no Print dialog box) in applications that support this feature, ie. AppleWorks and OS X 10.2's TextEdit
Can be instructed to print files or open the Print Manager from a Dock sub-menu
Sends PDF files directly to printers in OS X 10.2 and later; no interpreter required
Sends PostScript files directly to PostScript printers on TCP/IP and AppleTalk networks
Supports two byte file names
Prints documents from the command line
Prints text clippings, including stylized text
Adds printing services to your Services menu
Adds easy printing hotkeys to applications that support services for easy printing of text in many applications

What's new in this version:

PostScript forwarding now forwards "plt" (plotter) files.
Added PostScript forwarding over AppleTalk.
More minor optimizations.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1
Mac OS X 10.0

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.0 or later

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Thanks for your business - Version: 1.4, 1/1/2005 12:00AM PST

nickzman

DropPrint is officially obsolete and no longer available for download. (Mac OS X 10.3.x has built-in desktop printing.) Thanks to everyone who found the product useful.

Does not work in 10.3.3 - Version: 1.4, 6/22/2004 11:57AM PST

leadflyer1

Running OS 10.3.3.

Just tried it, but does not print more than one document at a time and Print dialog box requires you to click Print, just as drag & drop to Desktop Printer.

This would be a useful utility if it worked in Panther and in the future, Tiger.

Hope you have time to fix it for latest OSX.

This actually is… - Version: 1.4, 12/12/2002 01:09AM PST

dozx

worth the $5 for all they put into it. but it's not exactly needed either. Simple Applescripts won't do what this does BUT in case you want a free solution(with limitations) Open script editor and type the following --begin script on open theList --NL repeat with theItem in theList --NL set theJob to POSIX path of theItem --NL do shell script "/usr/bin/lp " & theJob --NL end repeat --NL end open --NL -- end script each --NL means the end of a line and begining of the next line. This will print any # of file dropped on it's icon without opening their respective apps. bt it will only print OS X native file formats this means no Microsoft files. BUT it DOES do most other files including PDF, text docs, images, etc. Be sure to save it as an application never showing starup screen