PDF silent printing

Hi all
i have a pdf that i generate with FOP then i want to print it in silent mode.I have try the FOAWTRenderer,PDFBox and the basic javax.print but the results are very far from the Acrobat or Foxit print.
Any idea for this problem?
Thanks

OK, thanks.
I've decided to convert the PDFs using Flashpaper and it's working well.
Regards
Marion

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