Printing JTable

Question

Hi
I ahve created a print method in order to print various reports. However, This is set up to print results of queries. One of the reports that I wish to report is a lot more complicated than just a query...and realistically I need to print a JTable, which displays the result of some calculations.
Ive tried just passing a JTable instead of a query as the parameter, however as you will see below, what I set up to print is a TextArea that appends text. Due to this I cannot simply append the JTable. I was wondering, is there a way of printing this JTable. Code as follows:
public PrintMortgageSearch(String query) {
        super("Printing Result of Search", false, true, false, true);
        //for getting the graphical user interface components display area
        Container cp = getContentPane();
        //for setting the font
        textArea.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 9));
        //for adding the textarea to the container
        cp.add(textArea);
        try {
            Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
            con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "myLogin", "myPassword");
        catch (ClassNotFoundException ea) {
            System.out.println(ea.toString());
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.toString());
        try {
            statement = con.createStatement();
            resultset = statement.executeQuery(query);
            textArea.append("=============== Results of Search ===============\n\n");
            while (resultset.next()) {
                textArea.append("Lender: " + resultset.getString(1) + "\t" +
                "Product: " + resultset.getString(2) + "\t" +
                "Term: " + resultset.getString(3) + "\t" +
                "Rate: " + resultset.getString(4) + "\t" +
                "APR: " + resultset.getString(5) + "\t" +
                "Cost: " + resultset.getString(6) + "\t"+"\n\n");
            textArea.append("=============== Results of Search ===============");
            resultset.close();
            statement.close();
            con.close();
        catch (SQLException SQLe) {
            System.out.println(SQLe.toString());
        //for setting the visible to true
        setVisible(true);
        //to show the frame
        pack();
    }Id like to just append the JTable to the TextArea rather than using the DB connection as above.
Is this possible?
Thanking you in advance

Answer 1

Actually, Im having a problem!
The JTable doesnt fit on the page.
Ive tried adjusting the
paper.setImageableArea(0, 0.5D*72, 4.267D*72, 10.652D*72);
       paper.setSize(6.267D*72, 11.692D*72);these figures are reduced on what it was previously...but everytime I lower the width and height figures theres no difference in the size at all!
Does anyone know what exactly it is that I have to change