Name: jk109818 Date: 05/30/2002


FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)



FULL OPERATING SYSTEM VERSION :
Windows 98 [Version 4.10.2222]


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Calling printerJob.pageDialog(pageFormat) returns incorrect
pageFormat values for some printers (e.g. HP OfficeJet G85)
when in landscape. In particular, the value of
pageFormat.getImageableX() corresponds to the value the user
entered in the native page setup dialog for the right
(rather than left) margin and the value of
pageFormat.getImageableY() corresponds to the value the user
entered for the bottom (rather than top) margin.

Other printers I have tested (e.g. Apple LaserWriter) do not
exhibit this problem. In both cases, Java prints the
landscape content rotated counter-clockwise from the
portrait content, implying that x=left and y=top in both
cases, which also corresponds to what's shown in the native
page setup dialog picture.

This is a regression since JDK 1.3.1, where it worked
correctly. Also, unlike the native pageDialog, the JDK 1.4
cross-platform pageDialog works correctly.

The HP margins are reported as though the image thinks it
will be printed in what Java calls REVERSE_LANDSCAPE.
Indeed, when I print on the same printer with WordPad,
specifying "landscape" does come out in what Java calls
REVERSE_LANDSCAPE (content rotated clockwise from portrait).
So maybe you are missing some kind of "landscape
means clockwise" signal which other applications are able to
detect. But I note that under JDK 1.3.1 you printed
landscape counter-clockwise while correctly reporting (and
printing) x=left and y=top, which is also what the JDK 1.4
cross-platform pageDialog does, so going back to that would
be the preferred solution.


REGRESSION. Last worked in version 1.3.1

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
1. Build and run program below
2. Page setup dialog comes up
3. Select an HP OJ G85 printer (or equivalent)
4. Select "landscape"
5. Enter left=1, right=2, top=3, bottom=4
4. Note getImageableX() and getImageableY() values

You can also run the JDK Font2DTest demo under 1.4 vs. 1.3.1
and see the equivalent printed results.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
Expected:
pageFormat.getImageableX() = 72.0 (1")
pageFormat.getImageableY() = 216.0 (3")

Actual:
pageFormat.getImageableX() = 144.0 (2")
pageFormat.getImageableY() = 288.0 (4")


This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
import java.awt.print.*;

public class Test {
static public void main(String args[]) {
PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
PageFormat pf = pj.pageDialog(new PageFormat());
System.out.println(pf.getImageableX()
+ " " + pf.getImageableY());
}
}

---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER WORKAROUND :
Use JDK 1.3.1
-or-
Use JDK 1.4 cross-platform dialogs

Release Regression From : 1.3.1
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was known to work. Since then there has been a regression.

(Review ID: 145944)
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