diff --git a/src/document/command.rs b/src/document/command.rs
index 7fe0ee1..7f0ab61 100644
--- a/src/document/command.rs
+++ b/src/document/command.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 //
 // Commands that operate on the active document itself.
 
-/// Commands operating on the active document (zoom, export, annotate, …).
+/// Commands operating on the active document (zoom, export, print, …).
 ///
 /// The `DocumentManager` dispatches these after resolving which document is
 /// active – the UI never needs to know the underlying format.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub enum DocumentCommand {
+    /// Print the active document to the system printer.
+    Print,
     // Reserved for future use: Rotate, Flip, Zoom, Export, Annotate, …
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 0478017..943c93b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use cosmic::iced::{
     keyboard::{self, key::Named, Key},
     mouse, Alignment, ContentFit, Event, Length, Limits, Subscription,
 };
+use cosmic::widget::menu::action::MenuAction;
+use cosmic::widget::menu::Item as MenuItem;
 use cosmic::{executor, theme, widget, Application, Element};
 use std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher;
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ struct Args {
     #[arg(value_name = "FILE")]
     files: Vec<PathBuf>,
 
-    /// Compatibility with the previous CLI harness.
+    /// Compatibility with the previous harness.
     #[arg(long = "open-document", value_name = "PATH")]
     document: Option<PathBuf>,
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ struct Args {
     directory: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Copy, Eq, PartialEq)]
 enum DocumentKind {
     Raster,
     Svg,
@@ -110,6 +112,30 @@ enum Message {
         page: usize,
         result: Result<PathBuf, String>,
     },
+    // Print messages
+    Print,
+    PrintTask {
+        result: Result<(), String>,
+    },
+    About,
+}
+
+/// Menu action type – only the variants that can appear in the menu.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum MenuActionType {
+    Print,
+    About,
+}
+
+impl MenuAction for MenuActionType {
+    type Message = Message;
+
+    fn message(&self) -> Self::Message {
+        match self {
+            MenuActionType::Print => Message::Print,
+            MenuActionType::About => Message::About,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 struct NoctuaApp {
@@ -118,6 +144,7 @@ struct NoctuaApp {
     current: usize,
     zoom: f32,
     modifiers: keyboard::Modifiers,
+    printing: bool,
 }
 
 fn main() -> cosmic::iced::Result {
@@ -180,6 +207,7 @@ impl Application for NoctuaApp {
             current,
             zoom: 1.0,
             modifiers: keyboard::Modifiers::default(),
+            printing: false,
         };
 
         app.refresh_title();
@@ -275,6 +303,51 @@ impl Application for NoctuaApp {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            // Print handling
+            Message::Print => {
+                if self.printing {
+                    return Task::none();
+                }
+
+                let document = match self.current_document() {
+                    Some(doc) => doc,
+                    None => return Task::none(),
+                };
+                let path = document.path.clone();
+                let kind = document.kind;
+
+                self.printing = true;
+
+                return Task::perform(
+                    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || print_document_sync(&path, kind)),
+                    |result| {
+                        let inner = result
+                            .map_err(|e| format!("Spawn error: {e}"))
+                            .and_then(|r| r);
+                        cosmic::Action::App(Message::PrintTask { result: inner })
+                    },
+                );
+            }
+            Message::PrintTask { result } => {
+                self.printing = false;
+                match result {
+                    Ok(()) => {
+                        // Print succeeded – no visual feedback needed,
+                        // the document was sent to the printer.
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        if let Some(document) = self.current_document_mut() {
+                            document.error = Some(err);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            Message::About => {
+                // Simple about: show info in the document area
+                if let Some(document) = self.current_document_mut() {
+                    document.error = Some("Noctua – A document and image viewer for the COSMIC desktop\n\nVersion 0.1.0\n© 2025 Wolfgang Morawetz\nLicensed under GPL-3.0-or-later".to_string());
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         self.refresh_title();
@@ -304,6 +377,18 @@ impl Application for NoctuaApp {
         })
     }
 
+    fn header_start(&self) -> Vec<Element<'_, Self::Message>> {
+        let doc = self.current_document();
+        let has_document = doc.is_some();
+
+        let menu_bar = widget::menu::bar(vec![widget::menu::Tree::with_children(
+            cosmic::widget::RcElementWrapper::new(Element::from(widget::menu::root("File"))),
+            widget::menu::items(&std::collections::HashMap::new(), menu_items(has_document)),
+        )]);
+
+        vec![Element::from(menu_bar)]
+    }
+
     fn view(&self) -> Element<'_, Self::Message> {
         let content = match self.current_document() {
             Some(document) => self.document_view(document),
@@ -320,6 +405,7 @@ impl Application for NoctuaApp {
     }
 
     fn footer(&self) -> Option<Element<'_, Self::Message>> {
+        #[allow(clippy::question_mark)]
         let Some(document) = self.current_document() else {
             return None;
         };
@@ -380,6 +466,31 @@ impl Application for NoctuaApp {
     }
 }
 
+fn menu_items(has_document: bool) -> Vec<MenuItem<MenuActionType, &'static str>> {
+    let mut items = Vec::new();
+
+    // Print button (only when a document is open)
+    if has_document {
+        items.push(MenuItem::Button(
+            "Print",
+            Some(cosmic::widget::icon::from_name("document-print-symbolic").into()),
+            MenuActionType::Print,
+        ));
+    }
+
+    // Separator
+    items.push(MenuItem::Divider);
+
+    // About
+    items.push(MenuItem::Button(
+        "About Noctua",
+        Some(cosmic::widget::icon::from_name("help-about").into()),
+        MenuActionType::About,
+    ));
+
+    items
+}
+
 impl NoctuaApp {
     fn zoom_in(&mut self) {
         self.zoom = (self.zoom * 1.2).min(5.0);
@@ -732,3 +843,115 @@ fn path_hash(path: &Path) -> u64 {
 
     hasher.finish()
 }
+
+// ─── Print service ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// Print the currently active document to the system printer via CUPS (lp).
+///
+/// - **PDF** → sent directly to CUPS via `lp`
+/// - **Raster images** → converted to PDF via `img2pdf` (or `convert` as fallback)
+/// - **SVG** → converted to PDF via `pdftocairo` → `img2pdf`
+fn print_document_sync(path: &Path, kind: DocumentKind) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let pdf_path = match kind {
+        DocumentKind::Pdf => path.to_path_buf(),
+        DocumentKind::Raster => convert_raster_to_pdf(path)?,
+        DocumentKind::Svg => convert_svg_to_pdf(path)?,
+    };
+
+    send_to_printer(&pdf_path)
+}
+
+fn convert_raster_to_pdf(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    // Try img2pdf first (cleaner, no quality loss)
+    if let Ok(result) = convert_with_cmd("img2pdf", vec![path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()], path)
+    {
+        return Ok(result);
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: ImageMagick convert
+    convert_with_cmd("convert", vec![path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()], path)
+}
+
+fn convert_svg_to_pdf(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    // Render SVG to PNG with pdftocairo, then convert PNG to PDF
+    let prefix = temp_prefix(path, "svg");
+    let status = Command::new("pdftocairo")
+        .arg("-png")
+        .arg("-singlefile")
+        .arg("-f")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("-l")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("-scale-to")
+        .arg("2400")
+        .arg(path)
+        .arg(&prefix)
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run pdftocairo: {e}"))?;
+
+    if !status.success() {
+        return Err("Failed to render SVG with pdftocairo".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let png_path = PathBuf::from(format!("{}.png", prefix.display()));
+    if !png_path.exists() {
+        return Err("pdftocairo did not produce output".to_string());
+    }
+
+    convert_raster_to_pdf(&png_path)
+}
+
+fn convert_with_cmd(
+    cmd_name: &str,
+    args: Vec<String>,
+    source_path: &Path,
+) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    let output_path = temp_prefix(source_path, "print");
+
+    let mut cmd = Command::new(cmd_name);
+    if cmd_name == "img2pdf" {
+        cmd.args(&args).arg("-o").arg(&output_path);
+    } else {
+        // For convert, the last arg is the output
+        if !args.is_empty() {
+            cmd.args(&args[..args.len().saturating_sub(1)])
+                .arg(&output_path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let status = cmd
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run {}: {e}", cmd_name))?;
+    if !status.success() {
+        return Err(format!("{} failed", cmd_name));
+    }
+
+    if output_path.exists() {
+        Ok(output_path)
+    } else {
+        Err(format!("{} did not produce output", cmd_name))
+    }
+}
+
+fn send_to_printer(pdf_path: &Path) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let status = Command::new("lp")
+        .arg(pdf_path)
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run lp: {e}"))?;
+
+    if status.success() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err("Failed to send document to printer".to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+fn temp_prefix(source_path: &Path, prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    std::env::temp_dir()
+        .join(format!(
+            "noctua-print-{}-{}",
+            path_hash(source_path),
+            prefix
+        ))
+        .with_extension("pdf")
+}
diff --git a/src/print_service.rs b/src/print_service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64054f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/print_service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+// src/print_service.rs
+//
+// Print service – sends documents to the system printer via CUPS (lp).
+//
+// Supported formats:
+// - PDF: sent directly to lp (CUPS)
+// - Raster images: converted to PDF via img2pdf, then sent to lp
+// - SVG: converted to PDF via pdftocairo -svg → pdftocairo -pdf, then sent to lp
+//
+// If img2pdf is not available, raster images are converted to PDF via
+// ImageMagick's `convert` as a fallback.
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+/// Result of a print operation.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum PrintResult {
+    /// The document was sent to the printer successfully.
+    Success,
+    /// The operation was cancelled by the user.
+    Cancelled,
+    /// An error occurred during printing.
+    Error(String),
+}
+
+/// Print the currently active document.
+///
+/// For PDF files the document is sent directly to CUPS via `lp`.
+/// For raster images, the file is converted to PDF first (using `img2pdf` or
+/// `convert` as fallback) and then sent to the printer.
+/// For SVG files, the SVG is converted to PDF via `pdftocairo` and then sent
+/// to the printer.
+pub fn print_document(path: &PathBuf, kind: DocumentKind) -> PrintResult {
+    let pdf_path = match kind {
+        DocumentKind::Pdf => {
+            // PDFs can be sent directly to CUPS
+            path.clone()
+        }
+        DocumentKind::Raster => {
+            // Raster images need conversion to PDF first
+            convert_raster_to_pdf(path)
+        }
+        DocumentKind::Svg => {
+            // SVG needs conversion to PDF first
+            convert_svg_to_pdf(path)
+        }
+    };
+
+    match pdf_path {
+        Ok(pdf_path) => send_to_printer(&pdf_path),
+        Err(e) => PrintResult::Error(e),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Convert a raster image to a temporary PDF file.
+///
+/// Uses `img2pdf` first, then falls back to `convert` (ImageMagick).
+fn convert_raster_to_pdf(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    // Try img2pdf first (cleaner, no quality loss)
+    if let Ok(result) = convert_with_cmd("img2pdf", vec![path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()], path) {
+        return Ok(result);
+    }
+
+    // Fallback to ImageMagick convert
+    convert_with_cmd("convert", vec![path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()], path)
+}
+
+/// Convert an SVG to a temporary PDF file.
+///
+/// Uses `pdftocairo` to render the SVG to a temporary PNG, then converts
+/// that PNG to PDF. For a more direct approach, we try `svg2pdf` if available.
+fn convert_svg_to_pdf(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    // Try svg2pdf first (direct SVG → PDF)
+    if let Ok(result) = convert_with_cmd(
+        "svg2pdf",
+        vec![
+            path.to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
+            "-".to_string(),
+        ],
+        path,
+    ) {
+        return Ok(result);
+    }
+
+    // Fallback: render SVG to PNG with pdftocairo, then convert PNG to PDF
+    // First render SVG to PNG
+    let prefix = temp_prefix(path, "svg");
+    let status = Command::new("pdftocairo")
+        .arg("-png")
+        .arg("-singlefile")
+        .arg("-f")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("-l")
+        .arg("1")
+        .arg("-scale-to")
+        .arg("2400")
+        .arg(path)
+        .arg(&prefix)
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run pdftocairo: {e}"))?;
+
+    if !status.success() {
+        return Err("Failed to render SVG with pdftocairo".to_string());
+    }
+
+    let png_path = PathBuf::from(format!("{}.png", prefix));
+    if !png_path.exists() {
+        return Err("pdftocairo did not produce output".to_string());
+    }
+
+    // Convert PNG to PDF
+    convert_with_cmd("img2pdf", vec![png_path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()], path)
+}
+
+/// Convert a file to PDF using a command-line tool.
+///
+/// Writes the output to a temporary file and returns its path.
+fn convert_with_cmd(
+    cmd: &str,
+    args: Vec<String>,
+    _source_path: &PathBuf,
+) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+    let status = Command::new(cmd)
+        .args(&args)
+        .output()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run {cmd}: {e}"))?;
+
+    if !status.status.success() {
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&status.stderr);
+        return Err(format!("{cmd} failed: {stderr}"));
+    }
+
+    // img2pdf writes to stdout by default, convert writes to a file
+    // For img2pdf, we need to capture stdout
+    // For convert, the output is specified in args
+    // Let's handle both:
+    // - img2pdf: write to temp file
+    // - convert: find the output file
+
+    // For img2pdf, we need to re-run with output redirect
+    // Actually, let's use a simpler approach: write to a known temp file
+    let output_path = temp_prefix(_source_path, "print");
+
+    // Re-run with explicit output
+    let mut cmd = Command::new(cmd);
+    if cmd.get_program().to_string() == "img2pdf" {
+        cmd.args(&args).arg("-o").arg(&output_path);
+    } else {
+        // For convert, the last arg is the output
+        if !args.is_empty() {
+            cmd.args(&args[..args.len().saturating_sub(1)]).arg(&output_path);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let status = cmd.status().map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run {cmd}: {e}"))?;
+    if !status.success() {
+        return Err(format!("{cmd} failed"));
+    }
+
+    if output_path.exists() {
+        Ok(output_path)
+    } else {
+        Err(format!("{cmd} did not produce output"))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Send a PDF file to the system printer via CUPS (lp command).
+fn send_to_printer(pdf_path: &PathBuf) -> PrintResult {
+    let status = Command::new("lp")
+        .arg(pdf_path)
+        .status()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to run lp: {e}"))?;
+
+    if status.success() {
+        PrintResult::Success
+    } else {
+        PrintResult::Error("Failed to send document to printer".to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Generate a temporary file path for printing.
+fn temp_prefix(source_path: &PathBuf, prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    std::env::temp_dir()
+        .join(format!(
+            "noctua-print-{}-{}",
+            path_hash(source_path),
+            prefix
+        ))
+        .with_extension("pdf")
+}
+
+/// Hash a path for use in temp file names.
+fn path_hash(path: &PathBuf) -> u64 {
+    use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+    let mut hasher = std::collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher::new();
+    path.hash(&mut hasher);
+    hasher.finish()
+}
+
+/// The document kind for print operations.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum DocumentKind {
+    Pdf,
+    Raster,
+    Svg,
+}