Print Folders to a Network Printer

You've talked before about printing a list of the files in a folder [see "Print Folder Directories," January 2001 Answer Line], but your solution assumed the user has a local printer hooked up to LPT1. What if the person uses a network printer?

Joanne Doolin, Browning, Illinois

Here's a way to print a folder's contents that will work with your default Windows printer, whether it's local or networked.

First, create a batch file by launching Notepad (select Start, Programs, Accessories, Notepad) and entering three lines:

@echo off

dir %1 /-p /o:gn > "%temp%\dir.txt"

notepad /p "%temp%\dir.txt"

Then save the file as c:\windows\sendto\printdir.bat and exit Notepad. From now on, whenever you want to print a folder's contents, all you have to do is right-click the folder and select Send To, printdir.

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