Points increased.

since nobody seems to really know this, are there any examples of how to print some text with some images? Is it possible to format the elements on a page ?

Thanks, this looks like what i needed.

Is the PrintableDocument interface from the com.davidflanagan.examples.print package? If not, does is implement Pageable and Printable anyway?

By The By,

where did you get the info on the bar code stuff, which bar code is it? I have a client in which I had to use a third party software package for bar coding . . . I couldn't find the open standards, except for the really simple barcodes . . .

Oh and I also forgot,

If you want to print without user intervention and send the stuff to a chosen printer directly, you can bypass the whole print dialog with code similar to the following

Cheshire2UpPrintableDocument cheshDoc = new Cheshire2UpPrintableDocument(); // pretend already initialized

PrintService[] services = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE, null);

/*
 * I have a client properties thing where I keep a default printer stored, and then get the correct print service this way
 */
String dpName = ClientProperties.getString("defaultprinter", null); // gets the value specified by key defaultprinter, with null as a backup value if not found
PrintService defaultPrintService = null;
if (dpName == null) {
    // tell client no dp printer chosen
    return;
} else {
    for (int i = 0; i < services.length; i++) {
        if (serivces[i].getName().equals(dpName))
            defaultPrinterService = services[i];
    }
}

if (defaultPrinterService == null) {
    // warn user could not find default printer -maybe disconnected ? or name changed? have them rechoose
    return;
}

try {
    cheshDoc.print(defaultPrinterService); // or whichever one matches the criteria
} catch (Exception e) {
    // handle print exception
}

I doubled points because this is very helpful and more than I was expecting!


The barcode stuff comes from a third party package (ww.java4less.com) that our client gave us for developing their solution. Usually it is distributed as a package but they got the source code and in it is says that it can be modified for our needs. There are many standards included.