Printing Multiple Word Documents?

HI,
I'm using Panther 10.3.9. How do I print a batch of MS Word .doc files ? I've created a desktop printer and when I drag a bunch of .doc files to it only one file prints! argh... I dragged a folder to the desktop printer and I got a directory listing ... double argh....
Is it possible to do this? And is it possible to do this without seeing the print dialog each time ???
Thanks,
Pete

Hi, Peter.
I would also like to be able to print multiple documents straight from the Desktop by dragging and dropping or using a keyboard shortcut. It's been so long since I used OS 8 or OS 9 that I can't remember if I was dreaming or not, but I'm pretty sure that in the old OSes you could just drag and drop or click Cmnd+P and print away.
I've tried using Automator to make an application (have'nt got the hang of it yet), using a desktop printer and searching for an Applescript on the net; all to no avail. It seems that Word behaves differently depending on whether it's open already and whether there is already a blank document open in it or not. That is, if it has to launch before printing, it opens a new, blank document and prints that (or sometimes does nothing even though the printer launches). However, if Word is already open (but has no other document open) it will print all the documents. As you say, though, you have to then select "print" from the resulting dialogue box for each document. So, it's hardly elegant. As someone said elsewhere, it's more of a "bug" than a "feature".
So, what we need (as far as I can see) is an Automator appplication or workflow (or AppleScript) where 1. you drop a bunch of Word (or other) documents into a folder; 2. Word launches; 3. the new, blank document that automatically opens is closed (by some kind of "close all open windows command"); 4. the documents are sent to the current default printer;5. they all print.
Surely all the publishers who use Macs must use this kind of thing all the time.
I wrote to the guys at CocoaTech (who make Path Finder, an excellent Finder substitute) about this problem and they said they'd consider adding the feature, but at the same time seemed a bit confused about exactly what this feature was or why anyone would want to use it.
Does anyone know of a solution to this?
Cheers
Matt
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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