You could do it using GhostScript: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4498099

The example here is written in Python, but there's no reason you
couldn't use another scripting language.

Mark

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Kozlowski,Brendon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I'm curious to know if anyone has discovered ways of silently printing documents from such Windows applications as:
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> - Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, etc...)
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> I unfortunately haven't had much luck finding any resources on this.
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> I'd like to be able to receive documents in a queue like fashion to a single PC and simply print them off as they arrive. However, automating the loading/exiting of the full-blown application each time, and on-demand, seems a little too cumbersome and unnecessary.
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> I have not yet decided on whether I'd be scripting it (PHP, AutoIT, batch files, VBS, Powershell, etc...) or learning and then writing a .NET application. If .NET solutions use the COM object, the scripting becomes a potential candidate. Unfortunately I need to know how, or even if, it's even possible to do first.
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> Thank you for any and all feedback or assistance.
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> Brendon Kozlowski
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