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From: "Michael Dunn" <michael.dunn@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this>
Subject: Re: how to print the data
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"ashwinijain" <ashwinijain27@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> thanks but i want to print the java components on paper..
> how can i print it..
> how to use printable class?

from sun's forums, author of Standard/SpecialPrint is Tom Jacobs

I'd post a link, but I had to modify a couple of things to get it to work,
so easier to post the code.
(don't ask me how it works, I have no idea)


import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.print.*;

import javax.print.PrintException;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
class Testing
{
  public void buildGUI()
  {
    JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
    JPanel p = new JPanel(new GridLayout(2,1));
    p.add(new JLabel("Hello"));
    JButton btn = new JButton("World");
    p.add(btn);
    final JFrame f = new JFrame();
    f.getContentPane().add(p);
    f.pack();
    f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    f.setVisible(true);
    btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae){
        StandardPrint sp = new StandardPrint(f);//<----f is the component to print
        try{sp.start();}catch(Exception e){}
      }
    });
  }
  public static void main(String[] args)
  {
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
      public void run(){
        new Testing().buildGUI();
      }
    });
  }
}

class StandardPrint implements Printable, Pageable {
    Component c;
    SpecialPrint sp;
    PageFormat mFormat;
  boolean mScale = false;
  boolean mMaintainRatio = true;

    public StandardPrint(Component c) {
        this.c = c;
        if (c instanceof SpecialPrint) {
            sp = (SpecialPrint)c;
        }
    }

    public StandardPrint(SpecialPrint sp) {
        this.sp = sp;
    }

  public boolean isPrintScaled () {
    return mScale;
  }

  public void setPrintScaled(boolean b) {
    mScale = b;
  }

  public boolean getMaintainsAspect() {
    return mMaintainRatio;
  }

  public void setMaintainsAspect(boolean b) {
    mMaintainRatio = b;
  }

    public void start() throws PrinterException {
        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        if (mFormat == null) {
            mFormat = job.defaultPage();
        }
        job.setPageable(this);
        if (job.printDialog()) {
            job.print();
        }
    }

    public void setPageFormat (PageFormat pf) {
        mFormat = pf;
    }

    public void printStandardComponent (Pageable p) throws PrinterException {
        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        job.setPageable(p);
        job.print();
    }

    private Dimension getJobSize() {
        if (sp != null) {
            return sp.getPrintSize();
        }
        else {
            return c.getSize();
        }
    }

    public static Image preview (int width, int height, Printable sp, PageFormat pf, int pageNo) {
        BufferedImage im = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
        return preview (im, sp, pf, pageNo);
    }

    public static Image preview (Image im, Printable sp, PageFormat pf, int pageNo) {
        Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) im.getGraphics();
        int width = im.getWidth(null);
        int height = im.getHeight(null);
        g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
        g.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
        double hratio = height / pf.getHeight();
        double wratio = width / pf.getWidth();
        //g.scale(hratio, wratio);
        try {
      sp.print(g, pf, pageNo);
        }
    catch(PrinterException pe) {
      pe.printStackTrace();
    }
        g.dispose();
        return im;
    }

    public int print(Graphics gr, PageFormat format, int pageNo) {
        mFormat = format;
        if (pageNo > getNumberOfPages()) {
            return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        }
        Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) gr;
    g.drawRect(0, 0, (int)format.getWidth(), (int)format.getHeight());
        g.translate((int)format.getImageableX(), (int)format.getImageableY());
        Dimension size = getJobSize();
    if (!isPrintScaled()) {
          int horizontal = getNumHorizontalPages();
          int vertical = getNumVerticalPages();
          int horizontalOffset = (int) ((pageNo % horizontal) * format.getImageableWidth());
          int verticalOffset = (int) ((pageNo / vertical) * format.getImageableHeight());
          double ratio = getScreenRatio();
          g.scale(1 / ratio, 1 / ratio);
          g.translate(-horizontalOffset, -verticalOffset);
          if (sp != null) {
              sp.printerPaint(g);
          }
          else {
              c.paint(g);
          }
          g.translate(horizontal, vertical);
          g.scale(ratio, ratio);
    }
    else {
          double ratio = getScreenRatio();
          g.scale(1 / ratio, 1 / ratio);
      double xScale = 1.0;
      double yScale = 1.0;
      double wid;
      double ht;
      if (sp != null) {
        wid = sp.getPrintSize().width;
        ht = sp.getPrintSize().height;
      }
      else {
        wid = c.getWidth();
        ht = c.getHeight();
      }
      xScale = format.getImageableWidth() / wid;
      yScale = format.getImageableHeight() / ht;
      if (getMaintainsAspect()) {
        xScale = yScale = Math.min(xScale, yScale);
      }
      g.scale(xScale, yScale);
      if (sp != null) {
        sp.printerPaint(g);
      }
      else {
        c.paint(g);
      }
      g.scale(1 / xScale, 1 / yScale);
      g.scale(ratio, ratio);
    }
      g.translate((int)-format.getImageableX(), (int)-format.getImageableY());
        return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
    }

    public int getNumHorizontalPages() {
        Dimension size = getJobSize();
        int imWidth = (int)mFormat.getImageableWidth();
        int pWidth = 1 + (int)(size.width / getScreenRatio() / imWidth) - (imWidth == size.width ? 1 
: 0);
        return pWidth;
    }

    private double getScreenRatio () {
        double res = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenResolution();
        double ratio = res / 72.0;
        return ratio;
    }

    public int getNumVerticalPages() {
        Dimension size = getJobSize();
        int imHeight = (int)mFormat.getImageableHeight();
        int pHeight = (int) (1 + (size.height / getScreenRatio() / imHeight)) - (imHeight == 
size.height ? 1 : 0);
        return pHeight;
    }

    public int getNumberOfPages() {
    if (isPrintScaled()) return 1;

        return getNumHorizontalPages() * getNumVerticalPages();
    }

    public Printable getPrintable(int i) {
        return this;
    }

    public PageFormat getPageFormat(int page) {
        if (mFormat == null) {
            PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
            mFormat = job.defaultPage();
        }
        return mFormat;
    }
}
interface SpecialPrint {
    public Dimension getPrintSize();
    public void printerPaint(Graphics g);
}

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