I am using the following cmd to print the pdf:
acroRD32.exe /t "file1.pdf" "printerName" Everything works fine but one window pops up. Can anybody help me to disable it. I tried with various options included in this question but cannot succeed.
Any help is appreciated.
Why even use Acrobat at all? This class that print silently for you without any executables or even a printer setup:
Sample Usage:
bool isPrinted = BatchPrint.PrintBinaryFile("file path", "Printer IP Address", "Queue Name", "User");
public class BatchPrint { private const int cPort = 515; private const char cLineFeed = '\n'; private const int cDefaultByteSize = 4; public static string ErrorMessage = string.Empty; private static string mHost; private static string mQueue; private static string mUser; private static readonly Queue mPrintQueue = new Queue(); private static readonly Dictionary<string, int> mLastPrintId = new Dictionary<string, int>(); public static bool PrintBinaryFile(string filePath, string printerName, string queueName, string userName) { try { mHost = printerName; mQueue = queueName; mUser = userName; BeginPrint(filePath); } catch (Exception ex) { ErrorMessage += ex.Message + cLineFeed + ex.StackTrace; } return ErrorMessage.Length <= 0; } private static void BeginPrint(string filePath) { mPrintQueue.Enqueue(filePath); ThreadStart myThreadDelegate = SendFileToPrinter; var myThread = new Thread(myThreadDelegate); myThread.Start(); } private static void SendFileToPrinter() { ErrorMessage = string.Empty; var fileFromQueue = (string)mPrintQueue.Dequeue(); var tcpClient = new TcpClient(); tcpClient.Connect(mHost, cPort); const char space = ' '; using (var networkStream = tcpClient.GetStream()) { if (!networkStream.CanWrite) { ErrorMessage = "NetworkStream.CanWrite failed"; networkStream.Close(); tcpClient.Close(); return; } var thisPc = Dns.GetHostName(); var printId = GetPrintId(); var dfA = string.Format("dfA{0}{1}", printId, thisPc); var cfA = string.Format("cfA{0}{1}", printId, thisPc); var controlFile = string.Format("H{0}\nP{1}\n{5}{2}\nU{3}\nN{4}\n", thisPc, mUser, dfA, dfA, Path.GetFileName(fileFromQueue), true); const int bufferSize = (cDefaultByteSize * 1024); var buffer = new byte[bufferSize]; var acknowledgement = new byte[cDefaultByteSize]; var position = 0; buffer[position++] = 2; ProcessBuffer(mQueue, ref buffer, ref position, (byte)cLineFeed); if (!IsAcknowledgementValid(buffer, position, acknowledgement, networkStream, tcpClient, "No response from printer")) return; position = 0; buffer[position++] = 2; var cFileLength = controlFile.Length.ToString(); ProcessBuffer(cFileLength, ref buffer, ref position, (byte)space); ProcessBuffer(cfA, ref buffer, ref position, (byte)cLineFeed); if (!IsAcknowledgementValid(buffer, position, acknowledgement, networkStream, tcpClient, "Error on control file len")) return; position = 0; ProcessBuffer(controlFile, ref buffer, ref position, 0); if (!IsAcknowledgementValid(buffer, position, acknowledgement, networkStream, tcpClient, "Error on control file")) return; position = 0; buffer[position++] = 3; var dataFileInfo = new FileInfo(fileFromQueue); cFileLength = dataFileInfo.Length.ToString(); ProcessBuffer(cFileLength, ref buffer, ref position, (byte)space); ProcessBuffer(dfA, ref buffer, ref position, (byte)cLineFeed); if (!IsAcknowledgementValid(buffer, position, acknowledgement, networkStream, tcpClient, "Error on dfA")) return; long totalbytes = 0; using (var fileStream = new FileStream(fileFromQueue, FileMode.Open)) { int bytesRead; while ((bytesRead = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, bufferSize)) > 0) { totalbytes += bytesRead; networkStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); networkStream.Flush(); } fileStream.Close(); } if (dataFileInfo.Length != totalbytes) ErrorMessage = fileFromQueue + "File length error"; position = 0; buffer[position++] = 0; if (!IsAcknowledgementValid(buffer, position, acknowledgement, networkStream, tcpClient, "Error on file")) return; networkStream.Close(); tcpClient.Close(); } } private static int GetPrintId() { var count = 0; lock (mLastPrintId) { if (mLastPrintId.ContainsKey(mUser)) count = mLastPrintId[mUser]; count++; count %= 1000; if (mLastPrintId.ContainsKey(mUser)) mLastPrintId[mUser] = count; else mLastPrintId.Add(mUser, count); } return count; } private static void ProcessBuffer(string item, ref byte[] buffer, ref int position, byte nextPosition) { foreach (var t in item) { buffer[position++] = (byte)t; } buffer[position++] = nextPosition; } private static bool IsAcknowledgementValid(byte[] buffer, int position, byte[] acknowledgement, NetworkStream networkStream, TcpClient tcpClient, string errorMsg) { networkStream.Write(buffer, 0, position); networkStream.Flush(); networkStream.Read(acknowledgement, 0, cDefaultByteSize); if (acknowledgement[0] == 0) return true; ErrorMessage = errorMsg; networkStream.Close(); tcpClient.Close(); return false; } } You cannot close the last open Acrobat window through the command line. From ancient history of programming scripts for Acrobat, I believe that there is no way to do this in an Acrobat script, either.
But you can close Acrobat from the command line, though it is a bit convoluted. For a pure MSDOS method for most Windows systems, create two files: called.bat and caller.bat.
caller.bat:
REM call the batch file that runs the program: start "ProgramRunner" called.bat REM wait 5 seconds -- if this closes Acrobat too soon, then increase the time: ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 5000 >nul REM kill the called program -- should be the program name that was started in called.bat: REM (If the program does not close, type "taskkill /?" in the command line to see options.) taskkill /F /IM acroRD32.exe called.bat
"path\to\the\program\acroRD32.exe" /t "path\to\the\program\file1.pdf" "printerName" exit Note that you can write scripts in many programming languages that accomplish the same task more elegantly.
I successfully tested forking a delayed kill command before starting the print job.
start cmd /c "timeout 15 & taskkill /f /im acrord32.exe" acroRD32.exe /t "file1.pdf" "printerName"