Use Win32::OLE to control Excel and print from within Excel.

I used the code below several years ago to print out an Excel sheet every day. Please note - this code is a snippet and is untested as is.

Hopefully, you can get the idea and adapt to your situation. 

use strict;
use warnings;

use Win32::OLE qw(in with);
use Win32::OLE::Variant;

use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Excel';

$Win32::OLE::Warn = 3;

my $excel          = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject('Excel.Application') 
                               || Win32::OLE->new('Excel.Application',
+ 'Quit');

my $book           = $excel->Workbooks->Open("I:\\Path\\To\\File\\file
+.xls");

my $sheet         = $excel->Worksheets(1);

#Sub PrintOut([From], [To], [Copies], [Preview], [ActivePrinter], [Pri
+ntToFile], [Collate])
$sheet->PrintOut(1,1,1,0,"HP LaserJet IIIP",0,0);

$book->Save;
$book->Close;
  
print "Done\n";

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In reply to Re: need program to hang out awhile? by tokpela
in thread need program to hang out awhile? by cypress

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