Quicksilver proxies for fast, easy printing

Faster Printing with Quicksilver

Mark Fisher shares terrific tips on how to use Quicksilver Proxies for faster printing:

Use this method when you want to print files that are on the Desktop or are all in the same folder.

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1. Select the files that you wish to print by Command clicking them.
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2. Invoke Quicksilver (by default, ?–SPACE)
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3. Type the name of your printer until QS displays its name e.g. “Lexmark”
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4. Hit the TAB key to select the next pane.
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5. Type “open” and select “Open File”. >
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   • I recommend making “Open File” the default action for when you type “open”. You can do this by Ctrl clicking “Open File” and selecting ‘Set as Default for “OPEN”.’
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6. Hit TAB to select the next pane.
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7. Type “current” until QS displays ‘Current Selection’.
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8. Hit ENTER.
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9. Your files should start printing.
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Also check out how to use the “comma trick” to print multiple files. Great stuff.

After the jump is the video for the episode of The Merlin Show where I talked about using proxies to access application menus.

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Finally, don’t miss Robert’s tutorial on setting up proxies if this topic is new to you.