To print packets, select the → menu item. When you do this Wireshark pops up the “Print” dialog box as shown in 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.
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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
- Select the packets to be printed, see Section 5.9, “The “Packet Range” frame”
- 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”