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Acrobat 8 - Command Line printing issue

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From: Glenn_Wainwright
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:42
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I'm having an interesting problem with Acrobat Reader 8. I have a program that has been using the command line parameters under Acrobat Reader 6 & 7 to automatically print pdfs.

Here is an example of one of the commands that I use:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe" /t "C:\Documents and Settings\glennw\Local Settings\Temp\QuickPrint\results1165484979_2638.pdf" "ScanPoint LabelWriter 400" "ScanPoint LabelWriter 400" USB001

It follows the standard format of...
acrord32.exe /t [FilePath] [Printer Name] [Printer Driver] [Port]

This command works well in Acrobat Reader 6.x and 7.x. With Acrobat Reader 8.0, however (even on a fresh system), the above command will only print if the designated printer is the user's Windows Default Printer. If you try to print to a printer that is not the current windows default, Acrobat opens the document and then just sits there with a blank look on its window.

Does anyone know of a good solution to this?
Thank you,
Glenn Wainwright
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