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Printing All PDFs in a directory

Hello,

I would like to be able to reliably print all the PDFs in a directory using a batch file. My previous attempts have had... limited success. Currently, I have a simple batch file that looks something like this:

print /d:\\Server2000\printer \\Server2003\c$\PDFfolder\*.pdf

one will always print and I might get two if I'm lucky. Do I need to change this into a for loop? If so, how do I do that? or is there another method I don't see? I will be running the batch file on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server machine. The files are stored on a Windows Server 2003 machine.

Any help with be greatly appreciated.

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WelkinMaze

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Michael Pfister

I wonder how you can print PDFs with a print command. The Print command just sends the plain file to the printer without any processing so this would mean the printer is able to understand/interpret Adobe PDF?!

Here is how I would do it:
Install Adobe Reader current version
Create a batch with the following content:

For %%I in (\\Server2003\c$\PDFfolder\*.pdf) "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /p /h "%%I"

You might have to modify the path to the executable according to your installation.

or look at this info (haven't tried this) http://www.planetpdf.com/forumarchive/49365.asp

Hope it helps,

Michael

Rstorer

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Thank you both for your help. I awarded points to WlkinMaze since I had no problems printing PDFs with just the PRINT command.

-Rob

WelkinMaze

Hi Rstorer,

I'm glad it works for you.:)

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