printing word docs from server

[John H]

Hi,
I need to be able to print word docs from server , needs to be a
scalable solution.
I appreciate there are lots of posts on this topic and Microsoft
recommend not auatomating office on the server as per

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q257757

So what is best approach.?
Any 3rd part tools/libs that are good at this?
Preffer not to use/have Word on server at all if doable.

Thanks

John

 

[Perry]

What is the problem with issuing client print commands regarding documents
on a fileserver?
Too little info here, kindly specify ...

Krgrds,
Perry

 

[John H]

What is the problem with issuing client print commands regarding documents
on a fileserver?
Too little info here, kindly specify ...

Krgrds,
Perry






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Hi,
Thanks for the response.

Assuming u mean something like the following command

print /D:\\dp-services01\training c:\test.doc

then this just prints garbage on the printer.

Pretty sure print can only handle text files.

Any other ideas?
Regards

John

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hi,
I need to be able to print word docs from server , needs to be a
scalable solution.
I appreciate there are lots of posts on this topic and Microsoft
recommend not auatomating office on the server as per

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q257757

So what is best approach.?

The best approach? Don't do it. ;-)

Second best? Serialize. Automate Word on the server and make sure you
only open/print one doc file at at time.

Any 3rd part tools/libs that are good at this?

Can't help with that one.

Preffer not to use/have Word on server at all if doable.

Open Office might be able to do the job and might be automatable ...

Third party tools might help.

I doubt writing your own DOC/DOCX file reader would be very practical,
but you might be a lot more ambitious than I'd be. <g>

Automating Word is probably your best bet.