Printing on Unix based platforms is currently directly generated Postscript spooled by execing a system command.

The postScript can be improved to provide better, faster printing of
text and images.
This could also be extended to include PDF generation as this is
now widely requested.

Additionally the Internet Printing Protocol is gaining acceptance. JDK is well
matched to this and by taking advantage of this support can make

This feature RFE includes the following individual RFEs:-
4638071 RFE: Javax.print to use IPP services
4521945 Java 2D: RFE: improve efficiency of printing for indexed colour images
4182445 RFE: java printing API does not compress image rendering

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Also includes this:
4683270: Start supporting CUPS printing.

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