The recognizable name of such utility is mspaint.exe.
In most Windows programs you can use the command line to
pass a file as argument:
"C:\WINNT\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"
send a file to print:
"C:\WINNT\system32\mspaint.exe" /p "%1"
or printto a printfile:
"C:\WINNT\system32\mspaint.exe" /pt "%1" "%2" "%3" "%4"