Unattended printing to default printer

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Is it possible to setup an automated printing system so that if a text file
ends up in a specific directory that it automatically prints to the default
printer? Basically it would be unattended so that whenever a file lands in
the directory, it is sent directly to the printer.

Thanks,
Brian
 
It is, if you're willing to write some code to do that.

Or, you can pretend the target directory has a UNC name, like this
\\machine-name\printer-share. When you copy a file to this share (which
looks like a remote directory), it goes to the designated printer.

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There is a situation where DOS programs will not print to certain printers
under certain circumstances in certain operating systems.

To solve this problem, a service is run that monitors a directory for the
text-based output of the DOS program. The service then grabs the text,
converts it to a form compatible with the print subsystem, and sends it to
the printer.

If the file is straight ASCII (like from Notepad), I recommend you look at
DOSPRN (www.dosprn.com) to determine if it solves your needs.

Brian Smither
Smither Consulting
 
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