Command line printing

[myspacee]

Hello,

in these day i try to find a way to print .pdf files in command line.

Adobe allows print via command line ( /p switch) but have strange behavior.

Adobe program remains open after print, and batches don't go on until you quit it mannually.

So i search another solution, without luck.

If you drag & drop a file over your printer, windows put file in spooler and print.

Is there any way to do this, using Autoit ?

thank you for any info,

m.

[engjcowi]

Hi Yes it cna be done. Have a look at the following links

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772773(WS.10).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782930(WS.10).aspx

What issues are you getting with using the command line in adobe? i know you said it doesnt close afterwards but you can use the proccess close command to sort that.

[myspacee]

thank you for reply,

already know MS resources...

Adobe behavior is very strange :

- if you run from command line [adobe.exe /p /h yourdoc.pdf] pdf is printed fine and command line is disposable

- if you run from batch same command [adobe.exe /p /h yourdoc.pdf] pdf is printed fine but command line is not disposable

(batch wait until you mannually close Adobe)

can't figure out this strange issue.

Very strange...

m.

[ProgAndy]

try to use the start-command in your batch file.

[myspacee]

try and try again, no luck.

try also windows 'start' command with common switches...

anyone can print .pdf via command line ?

any hint to use Autoit to 'simulate' drag and drop over an installed printer ?

thank you for any info,

m.

[ReFran]

If you want to close Reader after printing, the best way to print is using DDE.

All what you want and a discussion you can find here:

http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=107961&st=0&p=826314&hl=DDE%20Reinhard&fromsearch=1&#entry826314

Good luck, Reinhard