# [reportlab-users] Printing PDF from reportlab/python/WinXP

Thomas Blatter bebabo at swissonline.ch
Mon May 2 11:09:44 EDT 2005

Hi Scott,

you can try to use the file associations:

import win32api
win32api.ShellExecute(0,"print","path\\to\\the.pdf",None,".",0)

This should work as long as Acrobat reader is correctly installed. If
u really need special options you'd have to fix the print for .pdf in
the registry.

Thomas Blatter

Scott Karlin schrieb:
> I can successfully generate a PDF from within a python application
> running under Windows XP.  Printing the PDF now involves finding
> the file and then invoking acrobat.  Since this involves an extra
> step, I'd like to be able to either (1) print directly using
> reportlab, or (2) invoke acrobat (with some print option) from
> my application.  Does anyone have some suggestions as to how to