I tried to print multiple files. However not a single solution posted on the net works.
- either a right click using Nautilus actions as described in multiple posts
- Using the
lpr
command in the terminal and dragging files from nautilus (here printque opens but files are reld and when releasebutton is pressed the window closes without action. - With a script as posted here: Printing a file from the right-click context menu in Nautilus
The only method that works is combining pdf files in pdfmod to a new large file, saving it and printing it. Not very elegant.
Since no option of multiple work – could the community have a fresh look on rightclick printing from Nautilus?
Best Answer
I just added a right-click menu option that allows you to select multiple files, select Script/pdf-printer.sh and it'll create PDF files. If you choose another printer name in the script, it should use that instead, but I can't verify that. Older howtos might not work because we've moved to Gnome 3 which has a few changes. In this case, scripts have been moved from ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts to ~/.local/share/nautilus/scripts. Otherwise, everything should work as you would expect.
Paste the following:
Save the file and close it.
It is possible that you have to restart nautilus for this to work. In that case, you can press Alt+F2 and enter
killall nautilus
. Other than that, you should now be able to select files, right click and use the script from the "script" menu.