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Printing Windows Files using Windows Explorer

Printing a Single File

To select one file for printing, right click on the file. A context menu will appear. Click the "Print" menu item, which will print the document using the default system printer. To print the file, Windows opens the application associated with the file, prints the file, and then closes the application.

Printing Multiple Files in a Folder

Before printing more than one file in a folder, the files must be selected, as described below, and then one of the selected files must be right mouse clicked to bring up the context menu. "Print" is then clicked. If there are several different file types amongst the selected files, Windows will open one instance of the application associated with the file for each file and close it immediately after the file has been added to the printer queue.
To select more than one file, left mouse click each file to be selected whilst holding down the control key (Ctrl). To select consecutive files, left click the first file, hold down the shift key, and then click the last file. To select all of files on a folder, left click one file in the folder and then hold down the control key whilst pressing the a key (Ctrl-A).

Printing Files from Multiple Locations

One way to print files from several folders using Windows Explorer is to perform a search on multiple folders. The search file name could be "*.*". From amongst to the search results, the files to be selected for printing could be chosen as described above. However, this is really not the best way. To select files for printing from multiple folders it is a good idea to invest in software designed for this purpose, for example Drawganizer, which also has several other uses.

Selecting a printer for printing files from Windows Explorer

The printer used when printing from the context menu will be the default system printer. If you require a different printer, you would need to change the default printer. Click the Windows start menu, select "Settings|Printers", right mouse click on the desired printer and select "Set as Default Printer". After printing, it may be necessary to change back to the old default printer. An automated printing programme, such as Drawganizer, automatically resets the default printer after it has finished the print job.

Printing Multiple Copies

Before printing multiple copies from Windows Explorer, you need to set the printer itself to print that number of copies. To do this, open the Printers folder, right mouse click the printer to be used and set it as the default printer. Then select "Printer Preferences|Advanced and then select "Copy Count". The exact menus vary from printer to printer. After printing the files, you will may need to reset the default printer and the number of copies. Our product, Drawganizer, allows the number of copies to be set to any number without needing to set a new default printer or alter the printers setting for number of copies.

Changing the Font or Page Orientation

For printing text documents, such as those with the extensions "txt", which are usually printed by Windows using Notepad, you may wish to set your own font or page orientation. Normally, the font and page orientation need to be changed by loading the document into Notepad and then setting them from inside Notepad. Each document needs to be loaded into Notepad and then be printed. This can be a laborious process if more than a few documents are to be printed. Our product, the Drawganizer program, prints any number of text files using the font, orientation and number of copies set in the program. The program uses an intuitive interface and has many other uses.

Printing a Windows File using Windows Explorer

To select one file for printing, right click on the file. A context menu will appear. Click the "Print" menu item, which will print the document using the default system printer. To print the file, Windows opens the application associated with the file, prints the file, and then closes the application.

Printing Multiple Files in a Folder

Before printing more than one file in a folder, the files must be selected, as described below, and then one of the selected files must be right mouse clicked to bring up the context menu. "Print" is then clicked. If there are several different file types amongst the selected files, Windows will open one instance of the application associated with the file for each file and close it immediately after the file has been added to the printer queue. To select more than one file, left mouse click each file to be selected whilst holding down the control key (Ctrl). To select consecutive files, left click the first file, hold down the shift key, and then click the last file. To select all of files on a folder, left click one file in the folder and then hold down the control key whilst pressing the a key (Ctrl-A).

Printing Files from Multiple Locations

One way to print files from several folders using Windows Explorer is to perform a search on multiple folders. The search file name could be "*.*". From amongst to the search results, the files to be selected for printing could be chosen as described above. However, this is really not the best way. To select files for printing from multiple folders it is a good idea to invest in software designed for this purpose, for example Drawganizer, which also has several other uses.

Selecting a printer for printing files from Windows Explorer

The printer used when printing from the context menu will be the default system printer. If you require a different printer, you would need to change the default printer. Click the Windows start menu, select "Settings|Printers", right mouse click on the desired printer and select "Set as Default Printer". After printing, it may be necessary to change back to the old default printer. An automated printing programme, such as Drawganizer, automatically resets the default printer after it has finished the print job.

Printing Multiple Copies

Before printing multiple copies from Windows Explorer, you need to set the printer itself to print that number of copies. To do this, open the Printers folder, right mouse click the printer to be used and set it as the default printer. Then select "Printer Preferences|Advanced and then select "Copy Count". The exact menus vary from printer to printer. After printing the files, you will may need to reset the default printer and the number of copies. Our product, Drawganizer, allows the number of copies to be set to any number without needing to set a new default printer or alter the printers setting for number of copies.

Changing the Font or Page Orientation

For printing text documents, such as those with the extensions "txt", which are usually printed by Windows using Notepad, you may wish to set your own font or page orientation. Normally, the font and page orientation need to be changed by loading the document into Notepad and then setting them from inside Notepad. Each document needs to be loaded into Notepad and then be printed. This can be a laborious process if more than a few documents are to be printed. Our product, Drawganizer, prints any number of text files using the font, orientation and number of copies set in the program. The program uses a component dedicated to printing, called the PrintBox, which allows selection of printers, number of copies, page orientation and font.