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Pint Problem with PDF in W2K

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by drharry_smith

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I have a problem involving printing PDF files from Win2000.

I have a need to print a number of PDF files in a folder in alphabetic (file name) order on a windows 2000 computer.

You would think, sort the folder in name order, CTRL/A to selectall then right click and print would
work............. no... not that simple,
Acrobat 4 opens and prints the files OK but seems to do so in random order.

Ideally I would like to control the printing from a DOS batch file with a print command
that will invoke Acrobat and send each file to the system default printer without requiring any further input.
I can then create the batch file programmatically to do a single print command for each file in the
correct order, but I cannot finda print command for Acrobat that actually works from the DOS prompt.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

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by ebob

If the content of this directory is static, then I would simply merge all of the PDFs into one big PDF (using the full version of Acrobat), and print that.

If the content is changing, that is PDFs are being added, deleted and/or changed, then youcan use the same technique, creating a new "master" PDF each time around. Likely to be a pain recognisable to your friendly neighbourhood proctologist.

I like the idea you propose of running a batch command against each file in a sorted list. I'll look that up when I get home tonight and see if I can find anything useful.

I assume that simply collating the files manually, after printing, is "out of the question", and that printing them one at a time is also not an option.

Another manual option is to "-select, Open" all the files into Acrobat (or Acrobat Reader), then select each file in whatever order from the "Window" menu, print, then close. If you're doing this frequently, especially with content that'll change, then it's a "PITA", but otherwise...

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