Java tutorial
import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.PrintJob; import java.awt.TextArea; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.ItemEvent; import java.awt.event.ItemListener; import java.util.Properties; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class PrintTestApp extends JFrame { TextArea textArea = new TextArea(); Toolkit toolkit; public static void main(String args[]) { PrintTestApp app = new PrintTestApp(); } public PrintTestApp() { super("PrintTestApp"); toolkit = getToolkit(); add("Center", textArea); setSize(300, 300); setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); setVisible(true); String name = "Test print job"; Properties properties = new Properties(); PrintJob pj = toolkit.getPrintJob(PrintTestApp.this, name, properties); if (pj == null) textArea.setText("A null PrintJob was returned."); else { String output = "Name: " + name + "\nProperties: " + properties.toString(); Dimension pageDim = pj.getPageDimension(); int resolution = pj.getPageResolution(); boolean lastPageFirst = pj.lastPageFirst(); output += "\nPage dimension (in pixels):"; output += "\n height: " + String.valueOf(pageDim.height); output += "\n width: " + String.valueOf(pageDim.width); output += "\nResolution (pixels/inch): " + String.valueOf(resolution); output += "\nLast Page First: " + String.valueOf(lastPageFirst); textArea.setText(output); Graphics g = pj.getGraphics(); g.dispose(); pj.end(); } } public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) { } }