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Can I select and print multiple files in Photoshop with one command?

Enthusiast ,
Mar 19, 2017 Mar 19, 2017

I find myself frequently selecting several hundred files to make contact sheets (using bridge) and then can find no way to print all of them at once in Photoshop.

Is there some solution to this? some command that prints all open files? I know it can be done in Lightroom, but that doesn't help since these files have not been imported to Lightroom and are just for a one time use...

thanks,

tom

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Community Expert , Mar 19, 2017 Mar 19, 2017

I would use "Output" workspace in Adobe Bridge to print contact sheet with several images in a page or a single image per page. Surely the resulted file is a PDF with high res. or whatever resolution you specify, then print all pages from Adobe Reader/Acrobat.

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Community Expert , Mar 12, 2025 Mar 12, 2025

You can also create an Action to print and close and run that via Automate > Batch command.

 

A script can be used to force the suppression of any dialogs.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/batch-processing-for-a-print-action-of-multiple-files-has-annoying-quot-the-command-print-is-not/m-p/14007050

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Community Expert ,
Mar 19, 2017 Mar 19, 2017

I would use "Output" workspace in Adobe Bridge to print contact sheet with several images in a page or a single image per page. Surely the resulted file is a PDF with high res. or whatever resolution you specify, then print all pages from Adobe Reader/Acrobat.

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Participant ,
Mar 20, 2017 Mar 20, 2017

hey

please check this link maybe it will help you

Print photos in a picture package layout in Photoshop

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 20, 2017 Mar 20, 2017

THANKS, Ahmad

Looks like that might work but it seems to be more effort than just using the Contact Sheet II extension in Bridge or PS...and I can't see how you would print the multiple contact sheets created in one command. I'm generally talking about 100-200 files put into contact sheets that are 3x4 frames, so it is a lot of printing.

appreciate the suggestion though

tom

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Community Expert ,
Mar 20, 2017 Mar 20, 2017

Try (in Photoshop): File > Automate > Contact Sheet II ...

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 20, 2017 Mar 20, 2017

Thanks, Derek

I'm creating the contact sheets with the same format using Bridge>Tools>Photoshop>Contact sheet II but this creates multiple contact sheets and they need to be printed one by one. Do you know of a way to select all of them and print them all with one command?

thanks,

tom

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Enthusiast ,
Mar 21, 2017 Mar 21, 2017

Zaid-

Many thanks. I took so long to reply because I had trouble first finding out what the Output module was and then installing it correctly.

All is good. It's exactly what I was looking for....my life just got a lot simpler 🙂

cheers,

tom

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Mar 21, 2017 Mar 21, 2017

You're wlcome mate, glad it worked out for you.

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New Here ,
Mar 12, 2025 Mar 12, 2025

I know this is an outdated post, but I came here trying to do the same thing. On a whim I created an Action that prints the open file, saves the file and closes it out. I ran it and it worked like a charm. 

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Mar 12, 2025 Mar 12, 2025
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You can also create an Action to print and close and run that via Automate > Batch command.

 

A script can be used to force the suppression of any dialogs.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/batch-processing-for-a-print-action-o...

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