How do I print the first page of numerous documents?

Question

Computer setup:
Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.10 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
User experience:
I consider myself proficient in office (Excel, Word) and software use in general (Windows XP). The extent of my Adobe Acrobat experience is creating custom dynamic stamps. I have little to no javascript programming knowledge.
Problem:
Numerous pdf files in multiple directory locations must have the first page of each document printed.
Current (and time-consuming) solution:
Copy the files to a single directory
Use Acrobat Pro to combine files and individually select the first page for each document
Combine and print.
Tools
Filename Extractor (can be used to extract the filename OR filename and path of documents)
Bonus Points
An index of all documents exists in Excel format. Documents are selected for printing by filtering this Excel index. The Excel index will have a column containing the path of each document. A solution that can utilise this path information to shortcut the time-consuming "copy and paste" method currently used will attract bonus points.
Thanks in advance,
Simon

Answer 1

Create a batch process the executes the following JavaScript code:
this.print({nStart:0, bUI: false, bSilent: true});
It will silently print the first page of any file you batch. Be careful not to overload your printer's queue by sending too many files in one go.