I have a code that will print of.txt documents but when i send spreadsheets or word documents to be printed, they print of 100's of pages in binary.Is there any way to print of these sorts of files? 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE;
use Win32::OLE::Const 'Microsoft Word';
use autodie;
use File::Copy;

my $errorprn1 = "\n! cannot find printer UK BAS 1ST FLOOR WEST PRN 1 o
+n srv00086\n
It may be out use, try using UK BAS 1ST FLOOR WEST PRN 2\n";
copy 'C://Temp//test.xls' , '//SRV00086//UK BAS 1ST FLOOR WEST PRN 1' 
+or die "$errorprn1" ;



#my $Word = Win32::OLE->new('Word.Application', 'Quit');
 #$Word->{'Visible'} = 1; # if you want to see what's going on

#$Word->Documents->Open("C:\\temp\\prn1.doc")
#|| die("Unable to open document ", Win32::OLE->LastError());
#$Word->ActiveDocument->PrintOut({
#Background => 0,
#Append => 0,
#Range => wdPrintAllDocument,
#Item => wdPrintDocumentContent,
#Copies => 1,
#PageType => wdPrintAllPages,

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In reply to Is it possible to print off Exel and Word documents in perl. by john.tm

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