FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_02"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b06, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
One printer connected via. network to system, standard windows workgroup settings. Also have PDFCreator installed (although this does not matter because I tested with and without it installed) http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Call JTable.print(), and it takes 8.3 seconds to bring up the print dialog the first time.

This is crazy slow.

Looking at it in the netbeans profiler, it spends nearly 7.2 seconds in the method: sun.awt.Win32GraphicsDevice.getConfigurations().

Replacing this with simple code from the samples, and get a printable from the jtable, and the dialog box is up in 0.12 seconds.

Not to mention the fact that the different methods bring up different printer dialog boxes.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
call JTable.print() e.g.

itemsTable.print(JTable.PrintMode.FIT_WIDTH, new MessageFormat(status.getText()), null);

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
I expected that a print dialog would appear before I got bored and had time to wonder why people think Java is slower than Chuck Yeager on crutches. I also expected the print dialog box to look like other print dialog boxes in the system.
ACTUAL -
The print dialog box did not appear in time for me to ponder and gain insight into some of the reasons that people think Java is slow, and the print dialog box did not look like the other print dialog boxes in the system.

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
itemsTable.print(JTable.PrintMode.FIT_WIDTH, new MessageFormat(status.getText()), null);
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
    public void print() throws PrinterException {
        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        job.setPrintable(this);
        boolean ok = job.printDialog();
        if (ok) {
            try {
                job.print();
            } catch (PrinterException ex) {
                /* The job did not successfully complete */
            }
        }
    }
    
    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int page) throws PrinterException {
        Printable p = itemsTable.getPrintable(JTable.PrintMode.FIT_WIDTH, new MessageFormat(status.getText()), null);
        return p.print(g, pf, page);
    }