Automated/batch printing job?

Hi all,
We are using BW 3.5 and I was wondering if there is a way to set up an automated batch print job. (ie. let's say that once a month a report is generated automatically, is there a way to tell BW to print that report automatically at a given time without user interaction?)
Thanks for any help you can offer and points will be awarded to helpful replies.

How would I go about doing that?
From the research I've done, I believe background printing can be done using BEx Broadcaster in BI 7.0 but not BI 3.5. Is this accurate or is there another way to accomplish this in BI 3.5?
Thanks.

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How do i code automated batch printing.
I had no idea how to start and I had read up most online help on Google but still I can't figure out how to do automated batch printing in Java
I am required to read a folder consists of multiple RTF files.
Its easy to read a single RTF file and print it but how do i read a folder and print everything .
Another problem would be that the printing done should have courier font and alignment in the RTF file however i had tried different way to read and print the data in the RTF file ,which I could only get either courier font with no alignment or not courier font with alignment , i need both of the courier font and alignment to suit an external application RightFax.
Thus I had thought of a way to direct print the RTF files from folder , an example will be the application SilentPrint how can i call the window's or Microsoft's office print services ? or is it even possible for Java?
Thanks a lot if help is provided , at least a little clue of where to start?
or u at least tell me whether is it possible to code automated batch printing in java ? like what SilentPrint can do
Edited by: yarmageddony on Oct 30, 2007 1:36 AM

Thanx again for the clue for runtime.exec
runtime.exec cant help you print but by searching i found the usage of desktop
which is what i want exactly for batch printing :)
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     } catch (IOException e1) {                                                     // TODO Auto-generated catch block
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Client machine install
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The ActiveX control works fine for loading/displaying a PDF, and
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