After bringing up I.E. from a Metro tile, and loading an article that is to be printed I hit <WIN-K> to display Devices. But none is shown. Instead, this message: "nothing can be sent from the Desktop."
Tutorials on printing from Metro apps state that a list of devices should appear. For example, CNET says...
"In Windows 8, open the Metro app from which you wish to print. For this example, we'll use Internet Explorer. Open the Metro version of Internet Explorer by clicking on its Start screen tile.
Browse to any Web site that has a page you wish to print, such as CNET's site. Type cnet.com in the address field at the bottom of the browser screen. Click on a story that you wish to print.
Hover your mouse in the lower right hot corner to trigger the Charms bar. Move your mouse up the bar and click on the Devices charm. Your printer and other devices should appear in a list. Click on the name of the printer that you wish to use"
I.E. certainly supports printing. I.E. from either the Desktop or a Metro tile brings up exactly the same I.E. app. Launched from Metro, I.E.'s location bar is not at the bottom of the screen, but at the top, just as it is when invoked from the Desktop. Perhaps that is why no devices are shown when <ctrl-k> brings up the Devices charm - because this I.E. IS the familiar desktop version.
I do recall seeing an I.E. window that had the location bar at the bottom - earlier. Perhaps that Metro I.E. been abandoned in the RTM version of Windows 8??
I am hip to numerous other routes to printing (some far simpler).
Tutorials on printing from Metro apps state that a list of devices should appear. For example, CNET says...
"In Windows 8, open the Metro app from which you wish to print. For this example, we'll use Internet Explorer. Open the Metro version of Internet Explorer by clicking on its Start screen tile.
Browse to any Web site that has a page you wish to print, such as CNET's site. Type cnet.com in the address field at the bottom of the browser screen. Click on a story that you wish to print.
Hover your mouse in the lower right hot corner to trigger the Charms bar. Move your mouse up the bar and click on the Devices charm. Your printer and other devices should appear in a list. Click on the name of the printer that you wish to use"
I.E. certainly supports printing. I.E. from either the Desktop or a Metro tile brings up exactly the same I.E. app. Launched from Metro, I.E.'s location bar is not at the bottom of the screen, but at the top, just as it is when invoked from the Desktop. Perhaps that is why no devices are shown when <ctrl-k> brings up the Devices charm - because this I.E. IS the familiar desktop version.
I do recall seeing an I.E. window that had the location bar at the bottom - earlier. Perhaps that Metro I.E. been abandoned in the RTM version of Windows 8??
I am hip to numerous other routes to printing (some far simpler).
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