Mbs DynaPdf: Print without Adobe Reader on Windows

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Hello,

It would be very convenient to print PDF directly without need of third party software (adobe reader …), especially on Windows.

On the DynaPdf web site it is written:

[quote]
is it possible to print PDF files with DynaPDF?

Yes and no. It is of course possible to render the pages and to send the images to the printer. Such a print spool is large and more suitable for simple applications.
A real print solution will probably available later, but it can take more than 12 months until such a solution will be available.[/quote]

Is that progress? this would be a big asset for DynaPDF.

Printing the PDF into images has the merit to exist, but it is less convenient, quality is disastrous on some printers. And to increase the quality a bit, use a trick: create a large format, and then reduce it to print. But the quality is still very average and the file sent to the spooler is huge.

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Sorry, nothing seen so far from dynaforms.

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You can print silently (direct to print without dialogs or preview) a PDF generated by DynaPdf or whatever other PDF class, using Sumatra, a free utility with the following code:

sh=new Shell
sh.Mode=0
If TargetWin32 Then
sh.Execute(“c:\reports\sumatrapdf.exe -print-to-default c:\reports” +“reportname.pdf”)
else
sh.Execute “lp //home/reports/”+“reportname.pdf”
End if
If sh.errorCode <> 0 then
MsgBox "Print error: " + Str(sh.errorCode)
end if
sh.Close

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Thank you Jorge!

It is a good idea! In my case, I need to print data without writing a file (even a temporary file), then it will not work, but we’re almost there.