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Re: Addressing the printer -- Newbie

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Thanks John

I have looked through that and it does seem so much more complicated than 
Vb6!  I do not want to print a screen but I want to output the results of 
accounting calculations. I also want the program to automatically see 
whatever printer is connected to the user's computer and not bother with the 
dialogue box at all, if possible.

Cheers

"John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message 
news:nospam-785D41.21012025032012@news.aioe.org...
> In article <4f6fbe47$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>,
> "blank" <blank@blankety.blank.com> wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
> This tutorial maybe a good starting point:
>
> <http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/printing/index.html>
>
> -- 
> John B. Matthews
> trashgod at gmail dot com
> <http://sites.google.com/site/drjohnbmatthews> 

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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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