Printing tiff files using VB code

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I have a question that seems very difficult to understand. Let me explain. I have tiff documents and pdf documents stored on my server. I'm looking for some code that would print the document without opening the application that created it. For example if I try to print a tiff file it opens the fax viewer first or if I try to print a pdf it opens acrobat reader and then I have to select the print icon to print it. I would like the file to go directly to the printer without viewing it. I been all over the internet but can get a definitive answer. Can anybody help?

 

[dendic]

I'm using the following code but nothing happens.

Private Declare Function apiShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal lpOperation As String, _
ByVal lpFile As String, _
ByVal lpParameters As String, _
ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) _
As Long

Function PrintImage()
Dim a As Variant
'a = Me!StockNumber
Call apiShellExecute(hWndAccessApp, "print", _
"C:\805tir.tif", 0&, 0&, 1)
End Function