Addressing the printer -- Newbie

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Hi all

I am a keen programmer in Visual Basic 6. I also tried Visual Basic dot.net 
but was appalled at the lack of printer support in dot.net.

I am thinking of learning Java, but would like to know if the language 
allows easy access to whatever printer is installed at a user site. 
Therefore I cannot specify the printer when writing the code and must rely 
on the operating system to route data to the printer.

Is writing reports to the printer (formatted and with columns and so on as 
in VB6) practical? With vb6 it is as simple as printer.print!

Thanks heaps

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Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-26 11:54 +1100
  Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 21:01 -0400
    Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-26 15:25 +1100
      Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-26 09:24 -0400
  Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-03-25 20:32 -0700
  Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-26 09:37 -0700
    Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-28 05:26 +1100
      Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> - 2012-03-28 05:49 +1100
        Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-03-28 09:34 -0700

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