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I have an application that writes SSRS reports as a PDF to a file directory and I would like each time a report is added to the folder for it to be printed to a specific network printer. The reports are generated using the SQL SSRS web service.

This folder and application is on a server and I cannot use Adobes silent printing to accomplish this. Does anyone have any advice?

Thanks.

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You could try sending your document as raw or you might be able to convert your file to a stream and send it to your printer using TcpClient.

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Realized I left this question unanswered and wanted to give a followup in case anyone else encounters this problem. I ended up using the code from the answer found here..

I was able to create the reports using my web service and put them into a report viewer and then simply pass the report and the printer I wanted to print to as parameters to the code above and it handled the printing for me. The only thing I did was extend the functionality to accept a printer name as a parameter and use assign that as the specified printer that I wanted to print to.

Here is some sample code in case anyone wants to see the general flow I used.

There is some other logic here and there but that is the basic idea that will get the job done.

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I´ve trying to solve this problem for nearly 2 days. There are a lot of more or fewer good solutions on the net, but not a single one fits my task perfectly.

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Task:

  • Print a PDF programmatically
  • Do it with a fixed printer
  • Don´t let the user do more than one Button_Click
  • Do it silent - the more, the better
  • Do it client side

First Solutions:

Do it with a Forms.WebBrowser

Business environment in a global context pdf viewer The text takes the reader on a journey that explores the environment within which business operates--both within the Canadian context and within the global context. The reader will be introduced to a variety of perspectives, theories, and concepts that shed light on real business issues.

If we have Adobe Reader installed, there is a plugin to show PDF´s in the webbrowser. With this solution we have a nice preview and with webbrowserControlName.Print() we can trigger the control to print its content.

Problem - we still have a PrintDialog.

Start the AcroRd32.exe with start arguments

The following CMD command let us use Adobe Reader to print our PDF.

InsertPathTo.AcroRd32.exe /t 'C:sample.pdf' 'printerNetworkprinterName'

Problems - we need the absolute path to AcroRd32.exe there is an Adobe Reader Window opening and it has to be opened until the print task is ready.

Use windows presets

Problem - there is still an Adobe Reader window popping up, but after the printing is done it closes itself usually.

Solution - convince the client to use Foxit Reader (don´t use last two lines of code).

Convert PDF pages to Drawing.Image

I´ve no idea how to do it with code, but when I get this to work the rest is just a piece of cake. Printing.PrintDocument can fulfill all demands.

Anyone an idea to get some Drawing.Image´s out of those PDF´s or another approach how to do it?

Best Regards,Max

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The most flexible, easiest and best performing method I could find was using GhostScript. It can print to windows printers directly by printer name.

'C:Program Filesgsgs9.07bingswin64c.exe' -dPrinted -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=mswinpr2 -dNoCancel -sOutputFile='%printer%printer name' 'pdfdocument.pdf'

Add these switches to shrink the document to an A4 page.

-sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dPDFFitPage

Johan van der SlikkeJohan van der Slikke

Another approach would to use spooler function in .NET to send the pre-formatted printer data to a printer. But unfortunately you need to work with win32 spooler API

you can look at How to send raw data to a printer by using Visual C# .NET

you only can use this approach when the printer support PDF document natively.

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If a commercial library is an option, you can try with Amyuni PDF Creator. Net.

Printing directly with the library:
For opening a PDF file and send it to print directly you can use the method IacDocument.Print. The code in C# will look like this:

Exporting to images (then printing if needed):
Choice 1: You can use the method IacDocument.ExportToJPeg for converting all pages in a PDF to JPG images that you can print or display using Drawing.Image

Choice 2: You can draw each page into a bitmap using the method IacDocument.DrawCurrentPage with the method System.Drawing.Graphics.FromImage. The code in C# should look like this:

Disclaimer: I work for Amyuni Technologies

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You can use ghostscript to convert PDF into image formats.

The following example converts a single PDF into a sequence of PNG-Files:

If you prefer to use Adobe Reader instead you can hide its window:

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I found a slightly different version of your code that uses the printto verb. I didn't try it, but maybe it helps you:

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I know that the tag has Windows Forms; however, due to the general title, some people might be wondering if they may use that namespace with a WPF application -- they may.

Here's code:

Now, this namespace must be used with a WPF application. It does not play well with ASP.NET or Windows Service. It should not be used with Windows Forms, as it has System.Drawing.Printing. I don't have a single issue with my PDF printing using the above code.

Note that if your printer does not support Direct Printing for PDF files, this won't work.

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What about using the PrintDocument class?

You just need to pass the filename of the file you want to print (based on the example).

HTH

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If you're interested in commercial solutions which do exactly what you require then there are quite a few options. My company provides one of those options in a developer toolkit called Debenu Quick PDF Library.

Here is a code sample (key functions are PrintOptions and PrintDocument):

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I tried many things and the one that worked best for me was launching a SumatraPDF from the command line:

There are so many advantages to this:

  1. SumatraPDF is much much faster than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  2. The UI doesn't load. It just prints.
  3. You can use SumatraPDF as a standalone application so you can include it with your application so you can use your own pa. Note that I did not read the license agreement; you should probably check it out yourself.
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As of July 2018, there is still no answer for the OP. There is no free way to 1) silently print your pdf for a 2) closed source project.

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1) You can most certainly use a process i.e. Adobe Acrobat or Foxit Reader

2) Free solutions have a GPL (GNU's General Public License). This means you must open your source code if giving the software, even for free, to anyone outside your company.

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As the OP says, if you can get a PDF to Drawing.Image, you can print it with .NET methods. Sadly, software to do this also requires payment or a GPL.

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