Print out a Swing component in Java
Description
The following code shows how to print out a Swing component.
Example
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import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class Main implements Printable, ActionListener {
JFrame frameToPrint;
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int page) throws PrinterException {
if (page > 0) { /* We have only one page, and 'page' is zero-based */
return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
}
/*
* User (0,0) is typically outside the imageable area, so we must translate
* by the X and Y values in the PageFormat to avoid clipping
*/
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());
/* Now print the window and its visible contents */
frameToPrint.printAll(g);
/* tell the caller that this page is part of the printed document */
return PAGE_EXISTS;
}
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
job.setPrintable(this);
boolean ok = job.printDialog();
if (ok) {
try {
job.print();
} catch (PrinterException ex) {
/* The job did not successfully complete */
}
}
}
public Main(JFrame f) {
frameToPrint = f;
}
public static void main(String args[]) {
UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
JFrame f = new JFrame("Print UI Example");
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
JTextArea text = new JTextArea(50, 20);
for (int i = 1; i <= 50; i++) {
text.append("Line " + i + "\n");
}
JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(text);
pane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(250, 200));
f.add("Center", pane);
JButton printButton = new JButton("Print This Window");
printButton.addActionListener(new Main(f));
f.add("South", printButton);
f.pack();
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.