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

instead of generating a Doc you could print your graphics of a JFrame/JPanel directly. This code should work:

PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
              pj.setJobName("name");

                PageFormat format = pj.getPageFormat(null);

                pj.setPrintable (new Printable() {

                @Override
                public int print(Graphics pg, PageFormat pf, int pageNum) throws PrinterException {
                    if (pageNum > 0){
                          return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
                          }

                          Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) pg;

                          this.paint(g2);
                          return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
                }

              }, format);
              if (pj.printDialog() == false)
              return;


              pj.print();
              } catch (PrinterException ex) {
                    // handle exception
              }
            }