Printing files displayed in a finder window

Wondering if its possible, I am burning allot of dvds and i wanted to print lists of what was on them for cataloging purposes. When simply in a finder window, the print function is disabled, other than taking a screen shot and printing the picture of the windows contents, is there a function to do so? thanks

Download this freeware utility, Print Window. It's not a universal binary, but it should do what you want.
Another similar utility, ScreenCaptureXis also freeware and is a universal binary.
Alternatively you can display the desired contents and use the screen capture facility of OS X - SHIFT-COMMAND-4. You can then select the area of the screen you want to capture. The image will be saved on the Desktop and can be printed from within Preview.

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