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How to print from Google doc without downloading

I want to print directly from a Google doc. I am on Golden Gate 27.0.1 on MacBook. How can I print a Google doc directly from Safari without downloading? I have tried Command-P, selecting Print from both the Safari menu and the Google doc menu, and clicking on the printer icon in the Google doc. In all cases, Safari downloads the document as a PDF and I have to print from the download. I want to just print directly from the Google doc.

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Thanks for the suggestion. The problem is some conflict between Safari and the Google doc. It works fine on Chrome. So, it is not a "Google" problem for them to solve. Somehow, Safari is not "trusting" the Google doc enough to open it directly in Preview and allow it to print.

Pinkydoodle wrote:
I want to print directly from a Google doc. I am on Golden Gate 27.0.1 on MacBook. How can I print a Google doc directly from Safari without downloading? I have tried Command-P, selecting Print from both the Safari menu and the Google doc menu, and clicking on the printer icon in the Google doc. In all cases, Safari downloads the document as a PDF and I have to print from the download. I want to just print directly from the Google doc.

Ask google support, since it is in your google doc which is their product.

Pinkydoodle wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. The problem is some conflict between Safari and the Google doc. It works fine on Chrome. So, it is not a "Google" problem for them to solve. Somehow, Safari is not "trusting" the Google doc enough to open it directly in Preview and allow it to print.

Chrome is a google product of course it would work.


Re: “… Ask google support … “


Of course, they’ll likely just say, “You should be using our ‘far superior’ Chrome browser.”


a.k.a. SpyWare.