diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8030305b..7d0ab59d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 changes since 0.11.0
 ===================================
+NEW 2012-09-24 add header information for printing.
 NEW 2012-05-31 added Noakes-Kalvius function (see A. Yaouanc and P. Dalmas de Reotiers, 
                "Muon Spin Rotation, Relaxation, and Resonance" Oxford, Section 6.4.1.3).
 NEW 2012-05-25 musredit/musrgui: added a dump muSR data header file information. 
diff --git a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 9cdc6a1c..ccd04a64 100644
--- a/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -970,6 +970,11 @@ void PTextEdit::filePrint()
     int margin = (int) ( (2/2.54)*dpiy ); // 2 cm margins
 
     // print msr-file
+    QString fln = *fFilenames.find(currentEditor());
+    QString header1(fln);
+    QFileInfo flnInfo(fln);
+    QString header2 = QString("last modified: ") + flnInfo.lastModified().toString("dd.MM.yyyy - hh:mm:ss");
+    QString line("-------------------------------------");
     QStringList strList = currentEditor()->toPlainText().split("\n");
     for (QStringList::Iterator it = strList.begin(); it != strList.end(); ++it) {
       // new page needed?
@@ -978,6 +983,24 @@ void PTextEdit::filePrint()
         yPos = 0;                      // back to top of page
       }
 
+      if (yPos == 0) { // print header
+        font.setPointSize( 8 );
+        p.setFont( font );
+
+        p.drawText(margin, margin+yPos, printer.width(), fm.lineSpacing(),
+                   Qt::TextExpandTabs | Qt::TextDontClip, header1);
+        yPos += fm.lineSpacing();
+        p.drawText(margin, margin+yPos, printer.width(), fm.lineSpacing(),
+                   Qt::TextExpandTabs | Qt::TextDontClip, header2);
+        yPos += fm.lineSpacing();
+        p.drawText(margin, margin+yPos, printer.width(), fm.lineSpacing(),
+                   Qt::TextExpandTabs | Qt::TextDontClip, line);
+        yPos += 1.5*fm.lineSpacing();
+
+        font.setPointSize( 10 );
+        p.setFont( font );
+      }
+
       // print data
       p.drawText(margin, margin+yPos, printer.width(), fm.lineSpacing(),
                  Qt::TextExpandTabs | Qt::TextDontClip, *it);