The area of the printable area : Print « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. 2D Graphics
3. Print

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;

import javax.swing.JComponent;

public class BasicPrint extends JComponent implements Printable {
  public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) {

    double ix = pf.getImageableX();
    double iy = pf.getImageableY();
    double iw = pf.getImageableWidth();
    double ih = pf.getImageableHeight();

    return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    PrinterJob pjob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
    PageFormat pf = pjob.defaultPage();
    pjob.setPrintable(new BasicPrint(), pf);
    try {
      pjob.print();
    } catch (PrinterException e) {
    }
  }
}