@ECHO OFF
:: For Windows NT 4 or later only
IF NOT "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" GOTO Syntax

:: Localize variables
SETLOCAL
SET PrintCmd=
SET FileType=
SET Temp=%Temp:"=%

:: Command line parsing
IF NOT "%~2"=="" GOTO Syntax
IF     "%~1"=="" GOTO Syntax
IF    "%~n1"=="" GOTO Syntax
IF    "%~x1"=="" GOTO Syntax
ECHO."%~1" | FIND "/" >NUL && GOTO Syntax
ECHO."%~1" | FIND "?" >NUL && GOTO Syntax
ECHO."%~1" | FIND "*" >NUL && GOTO Syntax
IF NOT EXIST "%~1" GOTO Syntax

:: Get the file association from the registry
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims==" %%A IN ('ASSOC %~x1') DO (
	FOR /F "tokens=1 delims==" %%C IN ('FTYPE ^| FIND /I "%%~B"') DO (
		CALL :GetPrintCommand %%~C
	)
)

:: Check if a print command was found
IF NOT DEFINED PrintCmd GOTO NoAssoc

:: Print the file using the print command we just found
CALL START /MIN "PrintAny" %PrintCmd%

:: Done
GOTO End


:GetPrintCommand
:: Get the print command for this file type from the registry
FOR /F "tokens=3*" %%D IN ('REG.EXE Query HKCR\%1\shell\print\command /ve 2^>NUL') DO SET PrintCmd=%%E
IF NOT DEFINED PrintCmd GOTO:EOF
:: "Unescape" the command
SET PrintCmd=%PrintCmd:\"="%
SET PrintCmd=%PrintCmd:""="%
SET PrintCmd=%PrintCmd:\\=\%
:: Remove double double quotes in file name if applicable
ECHO.%PrintCmd% | FINDSTR.EXE /R /C:"\"%%1\"" >NUL && SET PrintCmd=%PrintCmd:"%1"="%%%~1"%
GOTO:EOF


:NoAssoc
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO Sorry, this batch file works only for known file types with associated
ECHO print commands defined in the registry hive HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.
ECHO No print command seems to be assiociated with %~x1 files on this computer.
ECHO.


:Syntax
ECHO.
ECHO PrintAny.bat,  Version 2.01 for Windows 7 and later
ECHO Prints any known file type from the command line
ECHO.
ECHO Usage:  PRINTANY  file_to_print
ECHO.
ECHO Where:  "file_to_print"  is the name of the file to be printed
ECHO                          (use double quotes for long file names)
ECHO.
ECHO Notes:  For this batch file to work, the file type's print command has
ECHO         to be defined in the registry hive HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, and that
ECHO         print command must NOT use DDE for printing.
ECHO         Unfortunately, most Office file types use DDE and hence won't
ECHO         print with this batch file.
ECHO.
ECHO Written by Rob van der Woude
ECHO http://www.robvanderwoude.com

:End
IF "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" ENDLOCAL