Applescript to print a .doc file using TextEdit with print dialog.

I want to print a pdf file using TextEdit .
I want to display the print dialog before doing the print operation.
Can any one help me with apple scripts to perform this operation.
We tried to use this script; but when I click Cancel on print dialog. I am getting an error saying "TextEdit got an error: Apple Event Handler failed".
set printDoc to "Macintosh HD:Users:testuser:Testing:testprint.pdf"
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
open printDoc
print printDoc with print dialog
quit saving no
end tell
Can anyone help me to fix this issue ?

Clicking the cancel button in the print dialog is sending an error code back to the script. If you use a try statement you can handle it better. The script below will just ignore it. Or you could use an "on error" statement to do something else.
set printDoc to "Macintosh HD:Users:testuser:Testing:testprint.pdf"
tell application "TextEdit"
activate
open printDoc
try
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end try
quit saving no
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