In the sample printing example "PaginationExample.java" referenced here:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/printing/set.html

with source code here:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/printing/examples/PaginationExample.java

You are creating a Font, and obtaining metrics on that Font, which affects the pagination of the printed output, but you do not actually *set* the Font on the Graphics context.

You may have been making an assumption on the default Font, but that assumption will not always be correct; it's certainly not when running this example on Mac OS.

The fix is simple. In the print() method, simply add

g.setFont(font);

before you call drawString().

Perhaps right after you create the font:

        Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, 10);
        g.setFont(font);