Print Adobe PDF Document to Image Using Visual Basic.NET

Universal Document Converter is virtual printer software that saves any document you print as an image file. Below is a source code example that can help you to accomplish your task with Universal Document Converter. Please let us know if you cannot find the solution you need.

' Adobe Acrobat Writer 4.0 or above and Universal Document Converter
' should be installed.Adobe Acrobat Reader does not have COM interface
' and cannot be used as COM-server!

Private Sub PrintAdobePDF(ByVal strFilePath As String)

' Run Adobe Acrobat Writer as COM-server
  On Error Resume Next
  Dim App As Object
  Dim AVDocument As Object
  Dim PDDocument As Object
  Dim nPages As Object

' Run Acrobat Writer as COM-server
  App = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
  AVDocument = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")

' Open PDF document from file
  If AVDocument.Open(strFilePath, "") = True Then

    PDDocument = AVDocument.GetPDDoc()
    nPages = PDDocument.GetNumPages()

  ' Print all pages of the document
    Call AVDocument.PrintPagesSilent(0, nPages - 1, 0, True, True)

  ' Close the document
    Call AVDocument.Close(True)
    AVDocument = Nothing
    PDDocument = Nothing

  End If

' Close Adobe Acrobat Writer
  Call App.Exit()
  App = Nothing

End Sub