Printing pdfs to a specific printer

Question

_{Friday, December 26, 2014 7:35 AM}

Hi all

I want to run a script which loops in a folder and print out a pdf if one is coming in that folder. My script looks like this but it is not printing anything. Can someone help me out?

$period = [timespan]::FromSeconds(20)
$lastRunTime = [DateTime]::MinValue 

$searchPath = "\\bu1\Pool\ItemLabel"


#$watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
#$watcher.Path = $searchPath
#$watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $false

while (1)
{
    while ((Get-Date) - $lastRunTime -lt $period) 
    { 
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 500
    }
    $lastRunTime = Get-Date
    
    $IncomingPdfs = Get-ChildItem $SearchPath
    ForEach($NewPdf in $IncomingPdfs)
    {
            Start-Process –FilePath ($NewPdf).Fullname -Verb Print | out-printer "BI_PR107"  | %{sleep 10;$_} | kill
            Remove-Item ($NewPdf).FullName
    }

}

All replies (7)

_{Wednesday, January 7, 2015 11:36 AM ✅Answered | 2 votes}

Here is a tested version of the full printer spec.  THis works with all versions of Adobe Reader from version 8 on.  It is direct from teh Adobe SDK.

#Adobe SDK: http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/Acrobat_SDK_developer_faq.pdf

$adobe='C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\acrord32.exe'
$printername='HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w'
$drivername='HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w'
$portname='192.168.1.100_2'
$pdf='c:\scripts\f1040.pdf'
$arglist='/S /T "{0}" "{1}" "{2}" {3}' -f $pdf, $printername, $drivername, $portname
Start-Process $adobe -ArgumentList $arglist

¯\(ツ)_/¯

_{Friday, December 26, 2014 12:07 PM}

Out-Printer only works with text files.

You cannot redirect the Start-Process command.

¯\(ツ)_/¯

_{Friday, December 26, 2014 12:24 PM}

This can be done with adobe:

$adobe='C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\acrord32.exe'
Start-Process $adobe -ArgumentList '/N /T MyDoc.pdf \omega\printername'

¯\(ツ)_/¯

_{Sunday, December 28, 2014 10:10 AM}

Hi, this does not work....it opens PDF but it is not printing

_{Wednesday, January 7, 2015 10:37 AM}

Hi ChrisBern,

If you can print pdf with the default printer, which seems to be easier:

Start-Process –FilePath “c:\docstoprint\doc1.pdf” –Verb Print

Refer to:

Using PowerShell to print pdf files automatically

I also haven't found a good way to print pdf document to network printer.

Best Regards,

Anna Wang

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_{Tuesday, February 2, 2016 5:46 PM | 1 vote}

Just one suggestion for this, get the path to the adobe reader from the registry:

[string]$adobe = $((Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath 'hklm:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\AcroRd32.exe').'(Default)')

_{Tuesday, February 7, 2017 4:18 PM}

Where does this script go?
Do I use it in Microsoft Access, or as a bat file,  or where? 

I am trying to automate printing a PDF file to a network printer at a certain
time everyday.  So I was going to use Task Scheduler.

Anything you can provide that would help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Wade