At the risk of asking a dumb question, why wouldn't a print server meet
your use case if the print jobs come from elsewhere?

kyle

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:15 AM, 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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>
>
> - Acrobat Reader (current version)
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> - Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, etc...)
>
> - Windows Picture and Fax Viewer
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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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>
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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
> Web Administrator
> Saratoga Springs Public Library
> 49 Henry Street
> Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
> [518] 584-7860 x217
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