Print to file with Java

Byron KiourtzoglouNovember 11th, 2012Last Updated: May 9th, 2013

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In this example we are going to see how to print a document to a .ps file in Java. This is very useful when you want to create simple and easy previews of the print that the user might perform.

In order to print to a file, one should follow these steps:

Open a new pdf file to print using BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("myfile.pdf")).
Create a PDF doc flavor using DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PDF that returns aDocFlavor object.
Use PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService() to locate the default print service for this environment.
Use createPrintJob() to create and return a DocPrintJob capable of handling data from any of the supported document flavors.
Create a class that extends PrintJobAdapter.
and override printJobCompleted. Then register a listener to the print job to get notified when the job is complete using.
Set up the PrintRequestAttributeSet using HashPrintRequestAttributeSet.
Use attributes.add(new Destination(new java.net.URI("file:C:/myfile.ps"))) to set the destination document.

Let’s see the code:

package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop;
 
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
 
import javax.print.Doc;
import javax.print.DocFlavor;
import javax.print.DocPrintJob;
import javax.print.PrintService;
import javax.print.PrintServiceLookup;
import javax.print.SimpleDoc;
import javax.print.attribute.HashPrintRequestAttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.standard.Destination;
import javax.print.event.PrintJobAdapter;
import javax.print.event.PrintJobEvent;
 
public class PrintToFileWithJava {
 
    private static boolean jobRunning = true;
 
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 
        // Open the image file
 
  InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("myfile.pdf"));
 
  // create a PDF doc flavor
 
  DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PDF;
 
  // Locate the default print service for this environment.
 
  PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
 
  // Create and return a PrintJob capable of handling data from
 
  // any of the supported document flavors.
 
  DocPrintJob printJob = service.createPrintJob();
 
  // register a listener to get notified when the job is complete
 
  printJob.addPrintJobListener(new JobCompleteMonitor());
 
  // Construct a SimpleDoc with the specified 
 
  // print data, doc flavor and doc attribute set.
 
  Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);
 
  // set up the attributes
 
  PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
 
  attributes.add(new Destination(new java.net.URI("file:C:/myfile.ps")));
 
  // Print a document with the specified job attributes.
 
  printJob.print(doc, attributes);
 
  while (jobRunning) {
 
    Thread.sleep(1000);
 
  }
 
  System.out.println("Exiting app");
 
  is.close();
 
    }
 
    private static class JobCompleteMonitor extends PrintJobAdapter {
        @Override
        public void printJobCompleted(PrintJobEvent jobEvent) {
            System.out.println("Job completed");
            jobRunning = false;
        }
    }
 
}

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