Print pdf from a folder automatically

[DgtlLgk]

Hello!!

I am facing a situation with a customer concerning printing.He told me that at another office they had they were adding pdf files to a share folder they had on a server,and from there automatically with some way it was printed to their default printer.I know that there r softwares that can do that,but he things that they were doing it with out any other software.Now i read somewhere that if ur printer has a hdd installed u can create/share a folder on its hdd and add the files there and ur job is done.Their xerox machine has a hdd installed.So if i can do it with out any other software how can i do that????

Thanx

 

[eyec]

however you end up doing it be aware that there has been an exploit discovered in Adobe PDFs. so you should have all PDFs scanned by virus software prior to sending it to any hard drive.

p.s. Adobe does not have a fix for this exploit yet.

 

[HughLerwill]

I've been researching PDF issues for myself over the past few days and thought this one may be of interest

http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_print_pdf.html

 

[vacunita]

It wouldn't be the nicest of methods, but you could always have a batch file run every 2 or 3 minutes, and copy the contents of the folder to LPT1 or whichever LPT the printer is using, and then delete the files or move them onto a Printed folder or something.

copy path\to\pdf\folder\*.pdf LPT1.
move path\to\pdf\folder\*.pdf \path\to\other\folder

and Schedule it so it runs every so often and prints out all PDF's in the folder

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