Ubuntu – How to enable print selection in Chromium

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For my own archive I want to print posts from an internet magazine to pdf files. I use Chromium 12.0.742.112 (90304) on Ubuntu 11.04, but the default option to save to pdf doesn't support selection (of parts to print). I know I can install cups-pdf, but I prefer to not have a duplicate pdf solution.
Is there any way to make this option of print selection in Chromium available myself, until Google implements this option? (It is already present in Chrome with the same version nr. on Windows XP)

Kind regards

Best Answer

Until selection-printing will be enabled in Chromium you may be happy with the Chrome/Chromium Print Plus extension that (partly) enables selecting elements from a page to print.

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Unfortunately selecting from PDF documents is not so easy and may be limited to whole pages.

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There are more options to enscript, e.g. -B to omit the page header. See man enscript for all of the options.

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There's only one way to do this, and it's a bit of nuisance. If you start Chromium with this extra option,

chromium-browser --kiosk-printing

you shouldn't get a print dialog when you try to print. If you ever need to access the print dialog, however, you'll have to completely quit Chromium and restart it without that option.

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