How to print image from Bridge without creating PDF?

[DaleH]

How can I print a picture from Bridge without having to create a PDF?

I just want something quick and dirty. I have been creating screen captures but then have to round up the files and delete.

[Lumigraphics]

Bridge does not support printing. Use a different program.

[Theory13]

This really is a needed feature!!!

[gary_sc]

Have you thought about using the Contact Sheet option under the Tools menu?

 

[DaleH]

I print from Bridges "Output" which creates a PDF which is what I want to get away from. I don't want to save something in order to print it, just drop a menu and choose "print".

[Theory13]

I understand that I could make a contact sheet.... but EVERY OTHER PROGRAM, just has a simple print button.  It would be very nice to just have that.

[gary_sc]

Sure, every program has a Print option except Microsoft Updater, (or, let me add to that every updater application), HoudahSpot, Grammarly, SilverFast (scanning software), Topaz Photo, Slack, Adobe Creative Cloud app, Xencelabs, I could go on, but yes, it's not EVERY application out there. 

To get what you'd want, you'd have to program in the dynamics of what the image is. Bridge is a browser, not an image application. It lets YOU see the image, but it still does not know fully what the image is. That is actually more of an undertaking than I think you realize. Consider that Adobe Camera Raw, an image application (of sorts), cannot print. And the reverse of this is also true: Photoshop cannot open a raw image. However, you can open a raw image in ACR, send that off to Photoshop, and Print! Likewise, you can select an image you wish to print in Bridge, send that off to Photoshop, and Print! So, Photoshop can do everything you want. Enjoy!

[Theory13]

Thanks for your positive attitude towards improving the software and helping people get their work done easier.  You have successfully crushed the dreams of children around the world!!
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So you vote "No".

Thats fine.

I vote "Yes" --  I'd like to see that feature in the program.

all the best to you.

[Regnad28987938vf6p]

Heck yeah!  I keep trying to get DeWalt to modify my claw hammer so I can use it to paint the house I'm building.  

Haven't had any luck so far.

[Nokinghitz]

"Photoshop cannot open a raw image"? I wonder what I've using to print my images for last 10 years? 

[gary_sc]

Hi, @Nokinghitz, so, you're telling me that when you double-click on a raw image, you go right to PS and bypass Adobe Camera Raw? 

If you answer "yes," I'd love to see a screen capture of that process. I'm very curious to see your process.

[Erik Bloodaxe]

Hi, @gary_sc,

On Windows, if Photoshop is already open, Shift+ Double Click on an image in Bridge opens the image in Photoshop and bypasses Camera Raw.  Does't seem to work with a single click nor if Photoshop is not open.  Does this work the same on Mac system?

[gary_sc]

Hi, @Erik Bloodaxe and @Nokinghitz. Wow, I've been using Bridge and ACR since the beginning, and I never knew that. Thanks for that tidbit. So, apparently, that action sends the image through ACR but does not stop, and the image goes directly to PS. 

I'm still not convinced that that's a useful tool, because I strongly prefer to make adjustments in ACR before landing the image in PS, as I find that far more powerful than PS by itself. I suppose that if I wanted to crop and export a copy of an already enhanced image into a PNG and wanted to do that in PS, I might use this. I'll have to test and see if I find that beneficial to my workflow. 

But I am glad to know about this capability, thank you both!

[Erik Bloodaxe]

I can only imagine this as being useful if a RAW image has been edited to perfection and a print is required at a future time. Saves a few steps I guess!

[gary_sc]

I've been mulling over this for the past several hours, and I think I've come up with one other potential use for this: Let's say you are working on a composite and have already processed a number of images that will be used in the final image. I just checked, and you can open up a bunch this way.

But as you say, it saves a few steps at best.

Oh well, add that to the quiver.

[Nokinghitz]

That wasn't my suggestion but I've just tested it and that is correct. 
That said, it's not really what I want. I would prefer to select a menu item either with a right click or selecting a menu from the top menus and be taken straight to the print dialog within Camera Raw like Lightroom Classic.

[Erik Bloodaxe]

"... taken straight to the print dialog within Camera Raw..." 

Camera Raw does not have a print dialogue.

You can't compare Bridge with Lightroom which is a different creature entirely. Bridge is simply a browser not an image editor.

[gary_sc]

Following on what Erik said, the classic description of "Lightroom is Adobe Camera Raw with a database." Adobe built an entire application around the capabilities and features of ACR. The only thing that comes close to Printing in Bridge is the Output Panel, which allows you to "Digitally Print" your photos to a PDF.

If you want to print your photos from Bridge, I strongly suggest learning Lightroom or Lightroom Classic. I use both Bridge and the Lightroom family all the time, and seldom multiple times on the same day. This is because they serve different functions. All my important images, such as family photos, trips, etc., go into LRC. But my one-off images (things I want to sell, photos sent to me to use in a newsletter, etc., those I use Bridge to sort, analyze, select — all the things photographers did with lighttables. This is what Bridge was designed for, and it excels in this area. Lightroom is an expanded Bridge with features, often parallel, but often surpassing Bridge, because its own core mission is an expansion of Bridge. 

My hobby is woodworking. I own a chop saw, tablesaw (with seven different blades each for different purposes), standard western handsaw, two western joinery saws, circular saw, saws-all, two band saws, and four Japanese saws. Each of these has a different purpose and capability. Depending on the task at hand, determines which saw to go for. I could indeed do everything I wanted with Lightroom or Bridge (both with some assistance with PS as needed), but to get the full benefit of each, I use both.

[Nokinghitz]

Whilst I recognise your point(s), that sort paradigm doesn't fit with my workflow. I use Bridge and sometimes Lightroom as an image browser that is quick to initiate and use. Its ability to edit and export images obviates the need to initiate Photoshop unless I need to print and thus it would be really handy/useful just to right click or select multiple images and go to the print dialog. 
This should be relatively easy to provide given the commonality of code i.e. they reuse the code modules. The print module(s) could be quite easily dropped in to Bridge project.