If your receipts are printing slowly, disabling Google Chrome's print preview may speed up the printing process. Google Chrome automatically shows a print preview whenever you print. Disabling this, or activating kiosk mode, speeds up printing receipts.

These steps change a setting attached to the shortcut, not Chrome itself. You’ll need to access Chrome through this shortcut to bypass the print preview.

Disabling Chrome print preview in Windows

First, make sure Chrome is completely closed:

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Search for Task Manager and open it.
3. Click Google Chrome.
4. Click End Task.

   

Next, change the settings in your Chrome desktop shortcut. When you access Chrome from this shortcut, your browser will skip the print preview step.

1. Right-click Google Chrome.
2. Click Properties.

   

3. Under the Shortcut tab, find the Target field.
4. Add a space at the end of the existing text. Then copy/paste --disable-print-preview into the field.

   

   You can bypass all print dialogs by setting your shortcut to kiosk mode, which automatically prints to your system's default printer. If you want to activate this setting, follow the steps below, but instead of copy/pasting --disable-print-preview into the Target field, use --kiosk-printing.

5. Click Apply and then OK.
6. Re-open Chrome and do a test print. You should immediately see your system’s print window instead of the preview.

To reactivate Chrome's print preview, follow the steps above but replace the text you added to the Target field with --enable-print-preview. Click Apply and then OK to save the changes.

Disabling Chrome print preview in macOS

First, ensure Chrome is completely closed:

1. Right-click on the Google Chrome icon in the Dock.
2. Click Quit.
3. Open Spotlight by clicking the magnifying in the top right menu bar, or pressing command + space bar.
4. Copy/paste this text into Terminal: defaults write com.google.Chrome DisablePrintPreview -bool true
5. Press Enter.
6. Re-open Google Chrome.
7. Re-open Chrome and do a test print. You should now see your system’s print window.
   

   

To reactivate Chrome's print preview:

1. Right-click on the Google Chrome icon in the Dock.
2. Click Quit.
3. Click Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
4. Copy/paste this text into Terminal: defaults write com.google.Chrome DisablePrintPreview -bool false
5. Press enter.
6. Re-open Google Chrome and do a test print. You should now see the print preview window.

   

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