utils
Class PrintJobUtils

java.lang.Object
  utils.PrintJobUtils

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.awt.print.Printable

public class PrintJobUtils
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.awt.print.Printable

A simple utility class that lets you very simply print an arbitrary component. Just pass the component to the PrintUtilities.printComponent. The component you want to print doesn't need a print method and doesn't have to implement any interface or do anything special at all.

If you are going to be printing many times, it is marginally more efficient to first do the following:

    PrintUtilities printHelper = new PrintUtilities(theComponent);
  

then later do printHelper.print(). But this is a very tiny difference, so in most cases just do the simpler PrintUtilities.printComponent(componentToBePrinted). 7/99 Marty Hall, http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/ May be freely used or adapted.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.print.Printable

NO_SUCH_PAGE, PAGE_EXISTS

Constructor Summary

PrintJobUtils(java.awt.Component componentToBePrinted)

Method Summary

static void	disableDoubleBuffering(java.awt.Component c) The speed and quality of printing suffers dramatically if any of the containers have double buffering turned on.
static void	enableDoubleBuffering(java.awt.Component c) Re-enables double buffering globally.
void	print()
int	print(java.awt.Graphics g, java.awt.print.PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex)
static void	printComponent(java.awt.Component c)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PrintJobUtils

public PrintJobUtils(java.awt.Component componentToBePrinted)

Method Detail

printComponent

public static void printComponent(java.awt.Component c)

print

public void print()

print

public int print(java.awt.Graphics g,
                 java.awt.print.PageFormat pageFormat,
                 int pageIndex)

Specified by:

print in interface java.awt.print.Printable

disableDoubleBuffering

public static void disableDoubleBuffering(java.awt.Component c)

The speed and quality of printing suffers dramatically if any of the containers have double buffering turned on. So this turns if off globally.

Parameters:

c - component to be double buffered

enableDoubleBuffering

public static void enableDoubleBuffering(java.awt.Component c)

Re-enables double buffering globally.

Parameters:

c - component to be double buffered