How to print a microsoft word document from Java web server?

Question

Are there any open source or commercial API available to print word document from Java application?

Answer 1

In order to print a *.doc or *.docx file, you need an application that renders the document with max fidelity, and only Microsoft Word can do that. While there are APIs that let you open the document and extract content, it does not seem this is helpful to you.

This leaves you with only one option - COM automation. There are commercial products for this, there may be free ones too. Here is an example.

A warning: Office automation on a Web server has traditionally been a cumbersome thing to do. It is resource-intensive and unstable. I would try to design around it (i.e. see if you can change the document format, or they way it is created, or the business process).