Print PDF from Workflow

Just wondering, we can convert to PDF via Workflow but we cannot Print to a physical Printer.. Is there any possibility to achieve a physical print after converting to PDF? Maybe someone already wrote a VBScript for this and can share or knows an Addon which adds this Functionality..Thank you!

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  • At least in theory you could print to a network-attached printer from inside a vault application.  At that point it's simply dotnet code and, provided there are no network or credential issues, it's largely just downloading the appropriate file from the vault and using the library to send it to the printer.  It may be possible to use VBScript but I'll bet that it's significantly more difficult; difficult enough that I probably wouldn't even attempt it.

    To Timo's point though: I personally don't have any code to do this.  Maybe some other people on the forum do, though.

  • I tried to just download to the network path of the printer (Printer on Printserver), but saidly it doesn't work..

    As a Workaround I now download the File to a local path, which is monitored by another Application which rund in the Backround as Service and sends the File to SumatraPDF for Printing (to default Printer).. Not very elegant way, but seems to work good..

    Also tried to print with Sumatra after downloading via the VBScript but didn't get it to work this way..

    If someone has a nice Solution I would love to try it, for the Moment it works for me..

    Edit: When dropping the file to the Network Printer by Hand it gets printed, but when I try downloading via VBScript I get a Permission Denied Error..