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bririv1
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

Printing more than one file at a time

If you are trying to print more than one file at a time, you can stop wasting your time because it is not possible.  However, I found the closest work-a-round is to print out each file/doc in a stack...
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  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    8 years ago
    Hey @bririv1, 
     
    That's a great question, let's look into that together!
     
    Please keep in mind that, as dbeato mentioned above, printing is not a functionality withing Dropbox and, when it comes to shared links, it‘s dependent on your browser’s limitations. 
     
    To get past that, you could select the “Save to Dropbox” option on the shared link you receive, which will sync down these files to your computer. Once downloaded, you could queue your files to print, as you would do locally with a batch of files on your computer. 
     
    Hope this is helpful! Let me know how this fix works for you in your reply. 
     
    Warm regards, 
    JaneA
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dbeato
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bririv1 wrote:

If you are trying to print more than one file at a time, you can stop wasting your time because it is not possible.  However, I found the closest work-a-round is to print out each file/doc in a stack than scan it through as a whole file to upload and you will be able to print a large number of copies and collate as well.

Are you doing this from withing Dropbox or what integration? this would be a limitation of your workstation OS  instead of Dropbox. 

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bririv1
Explorer | Level 4
8 years ago

From within Dropbox... that's where I received a link from and that's where the limitation exists.

 

If I receive a link to 150 different files in a Dropbox folder and I follow the link to access said files I will have to open each file separately and print individually because there is no option otherwise.

 

PS. A superuser already stated same in another post.

  • Jane's avatar
    Jane
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    8 years ago
    Hey @bririv1, 
     
    That's a great question, let's look into that together!
     
    Please keep in mind that, as dbeato mentioned above, printing is not a functionality withing Dropbox and, when it comes to shared links, it‘s dependent on your browser’s limitations. 
     
    To get past that, you could select the “Save to Dropbox” option on the shared link you receive, which will sync down these files to your computer. Once downloaded, you could queue your files to print, as you would do locally with a batch of files on your computer. 
     
    Hope this is helpful! Let me know how this fix works for you in your reply. 
     
    Warm regards, 
    JaneA

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