I want to print just a selected area of a website. I can do this on Windows by highlighting the area and clicking on "Selection" in the print prefiew screen. How would I do this with Safari. I am using the latest version of Mountain lion on my iMac.
Thanks
OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Safari
Highlight the selection to be printed from the web page.
Click "Safari" in the menu bar and then Services.
Services > Text > New TextEdit Containing Selection.
TextEdit will open with the page containing selection.
File > Print
Extensions
Click Safari in the menu bar and select "Safari Extensions".
Categories > Productivity
Click the "Alphabetical" button and look for "Print Plus".
"New TextEdit Containing Selection" isn't shown in my Safari menu. A search on "Print Plus" on Apple didn't turn up anything.
It would be really useful to have the option to print only a selection e.g. one paragraph versus 20 pages!
Highlight the section you want to print and right click the selection.
Select "New TextEdit window containing selection".
TextEdit application window will open with the selected section.
TextEdit > File > Print
This works in this computer.
The selection has to be highlighted for this to work.
Print Plus
Safari > Safari Extensions > Productivity
In the bottom half of the page between "Linkable" and "Repete"
I do not use any Extension.
There must be something different in Mountain Lion as I have now installed Print Plus, but an option for TextEdit still isn't available.
This worked for me immediately after I followed all the steps.. OSX Lion 10.7.5, updgraded from Snow Leapard
You can get the select printing to work by selecting the text you want to print, then use the 2-finger secondary click gesture to bring up the secondary window, then chose "Print Selection"
Go here an download the dmg file.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/15601/print-selection-service
Follow these directions to get your select printing to work. These same instructions can be found on the webpage as the very 1st comment you come up to on the page.
1. CLOSE all open apps/programs. Very important!
2. Install the software
3. locate Print Selection.service inside Macintosh HD/Library/Services/Print Selection.service
NOTE: If blocked from seeing the contents of this Services folder due to system settings. Click the folder to select it, Cmd+i to get info, then go to the bottom of the window and click the lock icon and enter the administrator user name and password. Then change the user privileges to Read/Write and access the file.
3. Copy the application to Macintosh HD/System/Library/Services (optionally, copy it to your user's Services folder as well: /Users/[username]/Library/Services)
4. Log Out and Log back In
5. You may also need to Open Services Preferences (Safari-Services-Services Preferences), and in the Keyboard Shortcuts section, enable Print Selection.
There you go. Like I said this worked for me immediately after I followed all the steps.
Bang up solution. Cheers. Printed from Services - New Sticky Note. Printed the new sticky. WHOOHOO
print selection in safari
