Is there a way to disable print preview on a chromebook?

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pre...@velocitywebworks.com

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Oct 9, 2018, 2:12:56 PM10/9/18
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I'm trying to set up a sticker printing system, and want to be able to skip the print preview dialogue and just print with the default printer options. However, because you can't seem to start chrome from the command line in chrome os (and a restart will clear any flags you set in /etc/chrome_dev.conf), and there's no "kiosk printing" or "disable print preview" option anywhere in the settings or flags, I'm at a loss.

Lei Zhang

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Oct 9, 2018, 6:52:22 PM10/9/18
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I think what you may be looking for is kiosk mode?

When one disables print preview on other desktop platforms, the
fallback is the native OS print dialog. On Chrome OS, the print
preview is the only print dialog available. There is nothing to fall
back to.
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pre...@velocitywebworks.com

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Oct 9, 2018, 6:59:22 PM10/9/18
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I've looked into the `--kiosk-printing` flag, and it works the way I want on any other operating system, but I haven't found a way to use that without putting the whole chromebook into developer mode, and even then it doesn't persist through a restart. Am I missing an easier way of using it?

Lei Zhang

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Oct 9, 2018, 7:40:29 PM10/9/18
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There's a supported kiosk mode in Chrome OS. I've never tried it
personally, so I don't know how well printing works in kiosk mode.
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