How do you print any printable file in Windows 10 by command line?

Question

How do you print any printable file by command-line in Windows 10?

Images, PDF, text, word documents and such.

This question refers too all files you can print by right-clicking and selecting print from the menu that opens up.

Answer 1

PowerShell can print any file, using the same action as the Print verb defined for the file-type.

The PowerShell command to use is Start-Process, and the idea is simply to invoke the file itself with the Print verb.

The syntax is very simple:

Start-Process "path-to-file" -Verb print

I tested it with a PDF file, and the file printed correctly.

A more elaborate example is to be found in the documentation:

Example 2: Print a text file

This example starts a process that prints the C:\PS-Test\MyFile.txt file.

Start-Process -FilePath "myfile.txt" -WorkingDirectory "C:\PS-Test" -Verb Print

Answer 2

A few file extension specific solutions:

To print an image file:

mspaint /p some_file.png

This prints pdf files:
Print pdf files with command line