Command line printing - PDF to Postscript

I wish to convert a PDF file to postscript using the windows command line suppressing all messages.
Example: Acrord32.exe samplepdf.pdf c:\output\samplepdf.ps
Are there any command line options to perform this conversion?
Many thanks.

Command line arguments arew unsupported, but documented in the Acrobat
Developer FAQ
Aandi Inston

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(print test.pdf on myprintersname)
This command runs nearly perfect; after printing the AdobeReader-window left open. I tried to use an Application.Activate(process.ProcessID) followed by SendKeys("%{F4}") to close the front window. My AdobeReader-window won't come to foreground and so the active window (e.g. firefox) gets the ALT-F4-shortcut and asks for closing.
Is there another command line parameter or solution available to close the named pdf-document AND AdobeReader after printing the document?
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gerald
UPDATE: I've found a solution for this problem. After executing the command line (process=myShell.Exec.......) there's a "script sleeping time" needed, e.g. WScript.Sleep 10000 (wait 10 sec) followed by the command "process.Terminate". Then AdobeReader will be terminated and script goes on...

Command line parameters are sparsely documented and are officially not supported. What is documented can be found here: http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/intro_to_sdk/DeveloperFAQ.pd f
I've not seen anything that shows what you want to do.

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Sending escape sequences to control command line printing

Hello Java Community,
I am interested in printing PDF files programatically by using a thread that used the runtime environment and the sending a command to print the file.
I hava managed to print files directly to the printer using "cmd /c acrord32.exe /h /p filename.pdf" thanks to iText FAQ.
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I could be wrong and you might need to define the -o to set width and height maybe.
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Different print options:
nobanner Does not print the banner with username and filename information.
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cpi=pitch Characters per inch.
lpi=lines Lines per inch (default=6)
length=inchesi The number of x printed lines per inch (the i must be at the end.)
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width=chars Prints pages the max of chars per line
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The basic problem as I see it is that all the laser printers with which I am familiar do not cope with printing anything other than a page at a time. That probably explains the orange light - I assume that indicates the printer has received data, but it will not do anything with it until an end of job PostScript or PCL command is sent, and that command is missing from the jobs being sent to the P1505n, P2055, & P1022n.
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for reporting the problem faced by you. My investigations suggest that command line printing behavior between Reader 10.1.3 and 10.1.4 is still the same.
It prints the document on Reader 10.1.3 and 10.1.4 only when you do not specify the servername(localhost) on command line. However, It prints both with/without using the servername when Acrobat is used.
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I am not able to reroduce the problem at my end.
What Acrobat version was used to create the markups?
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Not sure if there are any examples. The Acrobat SDK is a must, but it is best treated as documentation to study rather than examples to copy. The examples only illustrate a tiny fraction of the capabiliies.
(One other note: the solution must involve the client owning Acrobat; Acrobat is not for server use).

We are trying to implement a process so that any document that needs to be printed through our Java application will be printed as PDF using Adobe Reader. For which, We created and execute the below command line to call Adobe Reader and print the PDF on a

We are trying to implement a process so that any document that needs to be printed through our Java application will be printed as PDF using Adobe Reader. For which, We created and execute the below command line to call Adobe Reader and print the PDF on a printer."C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 11.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /T "\\<Application Server>\Report\<TEST.PDF>" "<Printer Name>". Current Situation: The above command line parameter when executed is working as expected in a User's Workspace. When executed in a command line on the Application Server is working as expected. But, the same is not working while executing it from Deployed environment.Software being used: 1. Adobe 11.0 enterprise version. 2. Webshpere Application Server 8.5.5.2. Please let us know if there is a way to enable trace logs in Adobe Reader to further diagnose this issue.

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For automating Acrobat there are many interfaces for programmers, but no command line like that. (Microsoft declared command lines dead almost 20 years ago, but they've been an unconsionable time a dying).

Can I print the last page of a PDF document using command line?

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