Help with printing in Java

Question

Hi,
I am making a simple printing application.
I need to print the contents of a JTextArea, I have the following
class: (I won't put the whole class code because is very long)
public class PrintExampleClass implements Printable {
this class has the following method: (I assume this method does the printing work)
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex){
if(pageIndex > 0){
return(NO_SUCH_PAGE);
} else {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
componentToBePrinted.paint(g2d);
return(PAGE_EXISTS);
note: componentToBePrinted is the JTextArea.
Everything works fine, the problem is that only the first page is printed, and sometimes
the text inside the JTextArea is huge, so I need to print the whole text.
How can I print all the pages?
thanx in advance

Answer 1

I've done this last week. Your print method returns NO_SUCH_PAGE if the pageIndex value is over 0.
You must return PAGE_EXISTS instead if the signified page does exist and want the page to be rendered.
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pageFormat,
int pageIndex){
if(pageIndex > 0){
return(NO_SUCH_PAGE);
} else {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
g2d.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(),
pageFormat.getImageableY());
componentToBePrinted.paint(g2d);
return(PAGE_EXISTS);