diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dca8f68d..bff0121b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       generous donation which made this behavior possible)
     * IMPORTANT: ctrl-x/a never take possible negative URLs into account, it was just
       too unpredictable
+    * add a special version to :hardcopy to skip the Print dialog
     * add :bl[ast], :bf[irst], :br[ewind] to go to first/last tab
     * add :bn[ext], :bp[revious], :bN[ext] to switch to next/previous tab
     * add :pagestyle command to allow for switching between alternate style sheets
diff --git a/content/buffer.js b/content/buffer.js
index b01f18f5..35e86725 100644
--- a/content/buffer.js
+++ b/content/buffer.js
@@ -446,7 +446,17 @@ liberator.Buffer = function () //{{{
 
     liberator.commands.add(["ha[rdcopy]"],
         "Print current document",
-        function () { getBrowser().contentWindow.print(); });
+        function (args, special)
+        {
+            // TODO: Hide the progress bar ("print.show_print_progress") when
+            // the special version is called?
+            var value = liberator.options.getPref("print.always_print_silent");
+            liberator.options.setPref("print.always_print_silent", special);
+
+            getBrowser().contentWindow.print();
+
+            liberator.options.setPref("print.always_print_silent", value);
+        });
 
     liberator.commands.add(["pa[geinfo]"],
         "Show various page information",
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index bd558ede..861da861 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
         // TODO: move files to liberator.config
         var files = ["intro.html", "tutorial.html", "starting.html", "browsing.html", "buffer.html",
                      "options.html", "tabs.html", "hints.html", "map.html", "eval.html", "marks.html",
-                     "repeat.html", "autocommands.html", "developer.html", "various.html"];
+                     "repeat.html", "autocommands.html", "print.html", "developer.html", "various.html"];
 
         for (var file in files)
         {
diff --git a/locale/en-US/intro.txt b/locale/en-US/intro.txt
index 3856b533..3e8ffb40 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/intro.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/intro.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ section:Help{nbsp}topics[overview]
   recurring workflows.
 - help:Autocommands[autocommands.html]: Automatically execute code on certain
   events.
+- help:Print[print.html]: Printing commands.
 - help:Developer{nbsp}information[developer.html]: How to write docs or
   plugins.
 - help:Various[various.html]: Other help which didn't fit into any other category.
diff --git a/locale/en-US/print.txt b/locale/en-US/print.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13d474ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/en-US/print.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+HEADER
+
+|printing| +
+
+|:ha| |:hardcopy| +
+||:ha[rdcopy][!]||
+________________________________________________________________________________
+Print current document. Open a GUI dialog where you can select the printer,
+number of copies, orientation, etc.  When used with [a]![a], the dialog is
+skipped and the default printer used.
+________________________________________________________________________________
+
+section:Firefox{nbsp}printing{nbsp}dialogs[firefox-print-dialogs]
+
+The "Print Preview" and "Page Setup" dialogs can be opened via the :dialog command
+
+  :dialog printpreview
+
+and
+
+  :dialog printsetup
+
+respectively.
+
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
diff --git a/locale/en-US/various.txt b/locale/en-US/various.txt
index 4ddfc4fd..86d5e915 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/various.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/various.txt
@@ -238,14 +238,6 @@ in a new tab. Here, downloads can be paused, canceled and resumed.
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
-|:ha| |:hardcopy| +
-||:ha[rdcopy]||
-________________________________________________________________________________
-Print current document. Open a GUI dialog where you can select the printer,
-number of copies, orientation, etc.
-________________________________________________________________________________
-
-
 |:noh| |:nohlsearch| +
 ||:noh[lsearch]||
 ________________________________________________________________________________