How can I print a file from the command line?

Is there a way to run a f开发者_StackOverflowile through a print driver without opening the application?

Ex: run a .docx file, without opening word, and save it to file?

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Since it is a .docx-file Microsoft Word is probably the best program to do the task.

I would have a look at the [command line arguments] to Word:

Have a look at the following switches:

/q, /n, /mFilePrintDefault and /mFileExit

(/q and /n explained in the page above, and /mXxxx refers to macros. Have a look att google.)

Example:

WINWORD.EXE your_document.docx /mFilePrintDefault /mFileExit /q /n

The following page seems to explain how to convert it to PDF.

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What you are looking for is called "headless start" of the program which needs to print. I know for sure that OpenOffice can do this. Basically, you need to start it and invoke a macro which will do the printing. Even more, you can print to a PDF, HTML, or anything else that Oo supports.

This negates the need for install of Microsoft Word and the cost of license, because OpenOffice is free.

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If you are looking only for .docx silent printing then [aioobe] answer is the best. If you want a more generic silent print program that runs on Windows, use powershell or .NET and use the print verb. http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30441939/how-to-suppress-printdialog-when-using-print-verb.aspx provides an example.

Hope this helps, if so +1 please :)

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You might be interested in DocTo which will convert a word document to another file format, including pdf and XPS but does require Word on the machine.

For example

Docto -f "c:\docs\mydocument.docx" -o "c:\output" -t wdFormatPDF 

Will output mydocument.docx to c:\output\mydocument.pdf as a pdf file.