How a Korean School Cut All-Day Printing to Just 5 Minutes

At a middle school in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, the administrative office turns into a printing factory every semester. Parent newsletters, exam papers, worksheets, official notices — over 100 files need to be printed daily. And the staff was stuck doing it one file at a time, all day long.

The Problem: Different File Formats, All-Day Printing

Printing at Korean schools is uniquely painful because of mixed file formats. Official documents from the education office arrive as HWP files (Korea's standard word processor format). External materials come as PDFs. Teacher-created worksheets are a mix of HWP, Word, and sometimes PowerPoint.

• HWP files required opening Hancom Office — a heavyweight app that takes time to load each time
• PDF files needed Adobe Reader or a web browser to open and print separately
• Word files required yet another application switch
• Every single file: open → set print options → print → close → repeat
• During exam periods, printing grade-level and subject-specific tests took half the day
• Paper jams or printer errors meant losing track and starting from scratch

"During exam season, we literally spent the entire day just printing. Open a file, print, close, open the next one. It sounds simple, but when you have over 100 files, there is no time even for lunch."

Why Existing Solutions Did Not Work

The staff had tried to find solutions before, but every tool had a critical gap. Most batch printing software only supported PDF files. None of them could handle HWP — the one format Korean schools use most.

• Windows built-in multi-file printing — scrambles the order and ignores HWP files
• Online PDF merge sites — only accept PDFs, so HWP files need conversion first, doubling the work
• Paid software — school budgets rarely cover software licenses
• Hancom Office batch print — only handles HWP files, leaving PDFs and Word documents behind

The Turning Point: Discovering HWP Support in Batch Printer

One day, an admin staff member searched for "batch print all at once" and found Batch Printer. At first, she expected just another PDF-only tool. But then she noticed HWP and HWPX listed among the supported formats — and everything changed.

PDF, HWP, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and images — all could be uploaded together and printed with a single click. No software installation needed. It worked right in the web browser.

How It Works: No Installation, Instant Results

Adopting Batch Printer required zero setup. No software to install, no IT department involvement. Open the browser, go to Batch Printer, and start printing.

• Step 1: Select all files and drag-and-drop them into Batch Printer (HWP, PDF, Word — any format)
• Step 2: If order matters, drag files to rearrange them in the desired sequence
• Step 3: Click "Print All" — every file merges into a single PDF and the print dialog opens

On the very first test, the admin uploaded 30 HWP files and 20 PDFs simultaneously. What used to take over 2 hours was ready to print in just 3 minutes.

The Results: From All Day to 5 Minutes

The impact was immediate and dramatic. The biggest change was freeing the staff from being chained to the printer all day.

• Admin staff could focus on actual work — student records management, answering inquiries
• Exam paper printing dropped from half a day to 10 minutes
• No more switching between applications for different file formats
• No more re-printing due to wrong print order
• Start-of-semester parent newsletters handled in a single click
• Reduced printing stress improved overall staff satisfaction

"Now I just upload the files in the morning, hit print all at once, and it is done. We used to work overtime because of printing. Looking back, it is hard to believe that was our reality."

When Batch Printer Made the Biggest Difference

• Midterm and final exams — printing all test papers by grade and subject at once
• Start of semester — printing 20+ different parent newsletters simultaneously
• Teacher training sessions — outputting presentation slides (PPT) and reference docs (PDF, HWP) together
• Student record documents — batch processing various HWP forms
• After-school program sign-ups — printing student submissions (PDFs, images) all together

Any School Can Start Today

This is not a unique situation. Schools across the country face the same daily printing burden — mountains of HWP and PDF files that need to go through the printer. Any school can achieve the same results immediately.

• No installation needed — works in any browser, right now
• Full HWP/HWPX support — print Hancom files without even having Hancom Office installed
• PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, images all supported — no more switching between apps
• Free to use — no budget approval needed for core features
• Files stay secure — auto-deleted after processing, safe for student personal information