Printing different file formats

[matt23lucier]

I am wondering if there is a way to print out any file regardless of the format. I really only need it to work with a few formats (pdf, tif, jpg).
Thanks
Matt

 

[dpk136]

how are you trying to print these out. is this in a web page or a windows form?

David Kuhn

 

[matt23lucier]

it will be through a windows application

 

[dpk136]

can you write a stream to the printer and just make the file go out as a stream.

David Kuhn

 

[matt23lucier]

I've tried this and it seems to work for text files but not for other file formats.

 

[RestonDeveloper]

any luck? similiar question

 

[JurkMonkey]

Some people try to convert the file/form to an image and print the image.

This will require you to look into the System.Drawing namespace.

http://www.ubuntu.com/

 

[chiph]

You can look up the default application for that filetype in the registry, and launch that app to print it.

Many of them support passing /print on the command line to cause the file to be immediately printed (a left-over from the old win3.1 days)

Chip H.


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[matt23lucier]

As of right now I just load up the default application for the file type and send it a print command. This works alrite but it is a little slow when printing a pdf file.