Cancelling a Print Job - Java 2D Graphics

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Description

Cancelling a Print Job

Demo Code

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.print.CancelablePrintJob;
import javax.print.DocPrintJob;
import javax.print.PrintException;
import javax.print.PrintService;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    try {//w ww  .j  a v a 2s  . c o m
      // Create the print job
      PrintService service = null;
      final DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();

      // Sample code to display a cancel button
      JFrame frame = new JFrame();
      if (job instanceof CancelablePrintJob) {
        JButton btn = new JButton("Cancel Print Job");
        btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
            CancelablePrintJob cancelJob = (CancelablePrintJob) job;
            try {
              cancelJob.cancel();
            } catch (PrintException e) {
              // Possible reason is job was already finished
            }
          }
        });

        frame.getContentPane().add(btn, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
      }

      // Print it
      // job.print(doc, null);

      // Remove frame
      frame.setVisible(false);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      if (e.getCause() instanceof java.awt.print.PrinterAbortException) {
        // Print job was cancelled
      }
    }
  }
}

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