Printing Question (from any application)

I have spent 10 mos. with my Powerbook and love it! I am even proud that, as a switcher from Win 98, I have not needed and avoided comparison use questions - I just embraced OS X and changed my work style for the better.

I have to break down now and ask about something that I really miss from my available print choices in Win 98 - Can I select "print selection" anywhere with OS X. On my old Win machine, every application's print dialog box lets me pick all, specific pages, or selection. This means I can select, or highlight, an area on a document or web page and just print that selected area. Can I do this on my mac as easily?

Thanks for the help!