Printing Finder (Folder) Contents

I often have need to print the contents of a folder as it appears in the finder (i.e. print the finder window or some list of filenames in the folder). There is no "Print" command in the file menu when a window is open. I have been taking snapshots of various views, but sometimes end up with multipl snapshots.
Is anyone aware of another way to do this?
Thanks in advance!

Just boot into OS9 it has the capability... J/K!
OK, here's a few ways...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060720174103802
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2004020716455773
http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Print-Folder-Contents-Download-27645.html

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