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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: > > > > - Acrobat Reader (current version) > > - Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, etc...) > > - Windows Picture and Fax Viewer > > > > I unfortunately haven't had much luck finding any resources on this. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > Thank you for any and all feedback or assistance. > > > > > Brendon Kozlowski > Web Administrator > Saratoga Springs Public Library > 49 Henry Street > Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 > [518] 584-7860 x217 > > Please consider the environment before printing this message. > > To report this message as spam, offensive, or if you feel you have received this in error, > please send e-mail to [log in to unmask] including the entire contents and subject of the message. > It will be reviewed by staff and acted upon appropriately.