Java: Printing program output to a physical printer

Question

I am a relatively new programmer so this may be a really simple question to answer but its got me a bit stumped..

I\'m trying to print my Java GUI\'s final output t

Answer 1

Create a JTextComponent (I suggest a JTextArea so you can use append()), and append what you need to the field. Do not display it on the view, it is simply a hidden field for printing purposes.

All JTextComponents have a print() method. Simply call hiddenTextArea.print() and the rest is handled for you.

        JTextArea hiddenTextArea = new JTextArea();
        for (String s : dataToPrintCollection) {
            hiddenTextArea.append(s + "\n");
        }

        try {
            hiddenTextArea.print();
        } catch (PrinterException e) {}