Adding a Print icon to Finder windows

I often have a list of documents in a folder I need to print.  Right now I open a Finder window, highlight all documents and go up to the menu bar and select Print.  Because I'm working on a dual monitor system (13" MB with a 27" Cinema display) it's a pain to highlight documents in Finder than move mouse up to 27" Menu and select File -> Print.  I'd like to add a Print icon to the Finder window itself but I don't see that option (I click Customize Toolbar but there isn't a drag/drop icon for Print which seems strange).  Question: How do I add a Print icon to my Finder toolbar?

You could write an AppleScript and save it as an application then drag the application to the toolbar. This script seems to work:
tell application "Finder"
  print selection
end tell

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