5.8. Printing packets

To print packets, select the File → Print… menu item. When you do this Wireshark pops up the “Print” dialog box as shown in Figure 5.15, “The “Print” dialog box”.

Figure 5.15. The “Print” dialog box

The following fields are available in the Print dialog box: Printer

This field contains a pair of mutually exclusive radio buttons:

Plain Text specifies that the packet print should be in plain text.
PostScript specifies that the packet print process should use PostScript to generate a better print output on PostScript aware printers.
Output to file: specifies that printing be done to a file, using the filename entered in the field or selected with the browse button.

This field is where you enter the file to print to if you have selected Print to a file, or you can click the button to browse the filesystem. It is greyed out if Print to a file is not selected.
Print command specifies that a command be used for printing.

Note!

These Print command fields are not available on windows platforms.

This field specifies the command to use for printing. It is typically lpr. You would change it to specify a particular queue if you need to print to a queue other than the default. An example might be:
```
$ lpr -Pmypostscript
```
This field is greyed out if Output to file: is checked above.

Packet Range

	Note!
These Print command fields are not available on windows platforms.

Packet Format

Select the output format of the packets to be printed. You can choose, how each packet is printed, see Figure 5.17, “The “Packet Format” frame”