Google Chrome is a great browser, but it still has a few shortcomings -- one of which is the lack of a print preview screen. The plumbing for such a feature has existed in Chrome for a while now, and Print Preview even appears as an option in about:flags.

Right now, enabling Preview has no effect on functionality. Flipping the switch does, however, provide a partial glimpse of how the feature is shaping up. Entering chrome://print in your Omnibar will load the page you see above, minus the TSN page, of course. I composited that in to provide some idea how the preview might actually appear with content -- right now, chrome://print just displays the word main in all caps.

Once again, Google is eschewing additional application windows in favor of an in-tab display. As with the bookmark manager and the tabbed options feature in about:flags, building print preview into a tab should simplify deployment of the feature across different OSes.

It seems likely that chrome://print will also feature ties to Cloud Print -- so that you can easily fire off your document to any printer you've connected to the service.

 

On an unrelated note, I wonder if TSN is looking for an editor. Yowsa.