Any one knows if java print api can drive kitchen or bar printers

Question

Any one has experience about java on control kitchen or bar printers?
I am developping a program used by POS. I need to control those printers which located
in kitchen, cashier places. I want to print order info to kitchen, and print check to customers.
I am not sure if java print api can easily control those printers.
any can have experience on it?

Answer 1

Not an elegant solution, but it works.
(When I wrote this program I had 3 problems:
1. I didnt know the java printing system
2. I can't install the POSprinter under linux and windows
3. I didnt have time
so I printed directly to the port)
boolean isLinux=true;
File ifile = new File ("/dev/lp0");
if (!ifile.canWrite()) { // Windows
ifile = new File ("blokk.txt");
isLinux=false;}
try {
FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(ifile);
fw.write(".....\r\n");
fw.write(".....\r\n");
fw.close();
} catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace();}
if (!isLinux) {
try {Runtime.getRuntime().exec("blokkprint.bat");}catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace();}}
/* blokkprint.bat contains: copy blokk.txt lpt1*/