Print a PDF transparently

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On 2/17/2006 9:02 AM, Daniel Crespo wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> I want to print a PDF right from my python app transparently. With 
> "transparently" I mean that no matter what program handles the print 
> petition, the user shouldn't be noticed about it.
> 
> For example, when I want to print a PDF, Adobe Acrobat fires and keep
>  opened. This is what I don't want to happen (and I thing there are a
>  lot of people who want this too). So I just want to send the PDF to
> the right handler and print it. That's all.
> 
> I've seen some things like Adobe's Postscript driver that can read a 
> PDF, or Ghostscript, but I still don't know how to use it.
> 
> Any help for printing a PDF transparently?
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Daniel
>

You may find that RedMonEE is a useful piece to your puzzle. I find it 
to be stable and quite invaluable.

http://www.is-foehr.de/
> RedMon - Redirection Port Monitor EE
> 
> Transparent PostScript printing from Windows NT, W2K and XP. Overview
> 
> 
> The RedMon EE port monitor redirects a special printer port to a
> program. RedMon EE is commonly used with Ghostscript and a
> non-PostScript printer to emulate a PostScript printer.
> 
> RedMon EE can be used with any program that accepts data on standard
> input.
> 
> Using RedMon EE you create a redirected printer port. If you connect
> a Windows printer driver to the redirected printer port, all data
> sent to the redirected port will be forwarded by RedMon to the
> standard input of a program. The output of this program can be sent
> to different printer port, or the program can generate whatever
> output it desires.
> 
> A PostScript Windows printer redirected to a RedMon port can shared
> on a network. When this printer is configured to use Ghostscript and
> a non-PostScript printer, it appears as a PostScript printer to other
> network clients.