Name: vi73552 Date: 04/14/99


Here is a modified copy of SimplePrint from the Java2D API Guide.
As also said in comments, uncommenting chunk 1 causes it to (mostly)
work (except for a seperate and VERY annoying bug that I hope you fix SOON)
If you uncomment chunk 2 however, print() get called on the order of 50
times per page. This cause the simple 5 page job to take 10 minutes to spool
and then never actually print.

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

public class SimplePrint implements Printable
{
    private static Font fnt = new Font("Helvetica",Font.PLAIN,24);

    public static void main(String[] args)
{
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
job.setPrintable(new SimplePrint());
if (job.printDialog())
{
try { job.print(); }
catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
}
System.exit(0);
}

    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex)
throws PrinterException
{
System.out.println("DEBUG: print called for page " + pageIndex);

if (pageIndex >= 5) return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
g.setFont(fnt);
g.setColor(Color.black);

Rectangle r = g.getClipBounds();
if (r == null)
throw new PrinterException("Graphics has no clipBounds!");

///////// CHUNK 1 ///////////
// causes only the first page to print see bug 4201748
// print() is called twice per page
// g.drawString("Page " + (pageIndex+1), 100, 100);

//////// CHUNK 2 ///////////
// caused print(...) to be called almost 40 times for each page.
// results in HUGE print jobs that take WAY too long.
// also seen in bug #4186108 and comments
// When it does finally spool, it does not print anything.

BufferedImage im = ((Graphics2D)g).getDeviceConfiguration().
createCompatibleImage(r.width,r.height);
 
Graphics2D ig = im.createGraphics();
ig.setFont(fnt);
ig.setColor(Color.black);
ig.drawString("Page " + (pageIndex+1), 100, 100);
ig.dispose();

g.drawImage(im, r.x, r.y, null);

return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}
}


I am using JDK1.2.1 (Classic VM build 1.2.1-A native threads) on
Win95 4.00.950B with an HP DeskJet 560C printer.
(Review ID: 56589)
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