import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.text.MessageFormat; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class TextComponentDemo { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(); textArea.setText("text"); JScrollPane jScrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); final MessageFormat header = new MessageFormat("My Header"); final MessageFormat footer = new MessageFormat("My Footer"); JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(); contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); contentPane.add(jScrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setTitle("Text-component Printing Demo"); frame.setSize(400, 200); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setContentPane(contentPane); frame.setVisible(true); textArea.print(header, footer, true, null, null, true); } }