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Yes. This is especially helpful for situations requiring a regular schedule requiring the printing of large quantities of project (MPP) files. For example, a weekly requirement to print pdfs of project files for archival purposes

Project Viewer 2010 SP1 for Microsoft Project allows you to print Microsoft Project MPP files without using the main user interface. This silent printing facilitates automated printing schedules.

For example, a company has the need to print a snapshot of the gantt chart of 100 MPP files, every week, for archival purposes to be used as documentation, should litigation arise. The solution is to write a simple batch automated job using the silent command, schedule it to run one night a week, print the mpp files and store it in a SharePoint document list for easy retrieval.

Step by step -

• Project Viewer 2010 SP1 is required, if you haven't already installed it, download the service pack from projectviewercentral.com
• Select the desired defaule printer in the Control Panel/Printer Option

In order to print a file directly to your default printer you need to perform the following steps:

• Copy the project file into the folder where you have installed Project Viewer SP1 (C:\Program Files\Viewer Central\Project Viewer 2010 SP1)
• Open Command Prompt window
• cd "\Program Files\Viewer Central\Project Viewer 2010"
  • Use the command ProjectViewer.exe /dp filename (standard print)
  • Use the command ProjectViewer.exe /spp filename (standard print – portrait)
  • Use the command ProjectViewer.exe /spl filename (standard print – landscape)