Name: bsC130419 Date: 08/27/2001


java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)

/* Printing using Java Web Start.
 * Jar file is unsigned.
 * Access to PrintService is granted.
 * Setting page orientation to 'LANDSCAPE' has absolutley no effect
 * when calling the print method, orientation is always 'PORTRAIT'.
 * This is a serious omission, as my program needs to print to landscape. This
 * is serious enough that if this cannot be resolved then I must deploy my
 * application in another way.
 *
 * The following program calles a print class, and writes the passed
 * pageFormat orientation to the error stream. Setting the orientation to
 * PageFormat.LANDSCAPE should result in "Landscape" being written to the
 * error stream, but "Portrait" is the result. I presume that this is because
 * my default paper settings are A4 portrait and that these are not overwritten
 * by the call to PageFormat.setOrientation.
 *
 * Suggested solution: Add an argument to PrintService.print so that a
 * PageFormat object can be passed.
 */


//Minimal program to reproduce the problem:

import javax.jnlp.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class printTest {
    
    public printTest() {
        PrintService ps;
        try {
            ps = (PrintService)ServiceManager.lookup("javax.jnlp.PrintService");
        }
        catch (UnavailableServiceException e) {
            ps = null;
        }
        if (ps != null) {
            try {
                PageFormat pf = ps.getDefaultPage();
                pf.setOrientation(PageFormat.LANDSCAPE);
                ps.print(new PageOne()); // Note: no argument to supply modified PageFormat
            }
            catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        new printTest();
    }
    
    class PageOne implements Printable {
        
        public int print(Graphics pg, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException {
            switch (pageFormat.getOrientation()) {
                case PageFormat.LANDSCAPE : System.err.println("Landscape");
break;
                case PageFormat.PORTRAIT : System.err.println("Portrait");
break;
                case PageFormat.REVERSE_LANDSCAPE : System.err.println("Reverse landscape"); break;
            }
            return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        }
    }
}

/**** Console Output: ****
 * Java Web Start Console, started Thu Aug 23 10:25:53 GMT+01:00 2001
 * Java 2 Runtime Environment: Version 1.3.0 by Sun Microsystems Inc.
 * Portrait
 */
(Review ID: 130522)
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