diff --git a/src/khtmlview.h b/src/khtmlview.h
--- a/src/khtmlview.h
+++ b/src/khtmlview.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <QScrollArea>
 
 class QPainter;
+class QPrinter;
 class QRect;
 template< typename T > class QVector;
 template <class T> class QStack;
@@ -200,6 +201,13 @@
     void print(bool quick = false);
 
     /**
+     * Prints the HTML document.
+     * @param printer shared printer instance
+     * @param quick if true, fully automated printing, without print dialog
+     */
+    void print(QPrinter *printer, bool quick = false);
+
+    /**
      * Display all accesskeys in small tooltips
      */
     void displayAccessKeys();
diff --git a/src/khtmlview.cpp b/src/khtmlview.cpp
--- a/src/khtmlview.cpp
+++ b/src/khtmlview.cpp
@@ -3127,15 +3127,21 @@
 
 void KHTMLView::print(bool quick)
 {
+    QPrinter printer;
+    print(&printer, quick);
+}
+
+void KHTMLView::print(QPrinter *_printer, bool quick)
+{
     if (!m_part->xmlDocImpl()) {
         return;
     }
     khtml::RenderCanvas *root = static_cast<khtml::RenderCanvas *>(m_part->xmlDocImpl()->renderer());
     if (!root) {
         return;
     }
 
-    QPrinter printer;
+    QPrinter &printer = *_printer;
     QPointer<QPrintDialog> dialog(new QPrintDialog(&printer, this));
     QPointer<KHTMLPrintSettings> printSettings(new KHTMLPrintSettings(dialog)); //XXX: doesn't save settings between prints like this
     dialog->setOptionTabs(QList<QWidget *>() << printSettings.data());