How to print a word document using java?

Question

Hi All,
is it possible to write a java program that takes input and directs it to printer.
I specifically want it for word document.
i already have a program that works for images but not for word document.
Plz guide me where i am wrong or help me with some links or code snippets.
Any kind of help will be really appreciated.
// program is below
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import javax.print.Doc;
import javax.print.DocFlavor;
import javax.print.DocPrintJob;
import javax.print.PrintService;
import javax.print.PrintServiceLookup;
import javax.print.ServiceUI;
import javax.print.SimpleDoc;
import javax.print.attribute.DocAttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.HashDocAttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.HashPrintRequestAttributeSet;
import javax.print.attribute.PrintRequestAttributeSet;
public class Convert{
     * @param args
     Convert(){
          DocFlavor psFlavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
          FileInputStream fis = null;
          // Creates a new attribute set
          PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
          try{
               fis = new FileInputStream("d:\\print\\new.txt");
               System.out.println("doc taken...");
               if (fis == null) {
                    System.out.println("No File");
                    return;
          }catch(Exception e){
               System.out.println("No Such Doc..."+e);
          PrintService printService[] = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(psFlavor, aset);
          //System.out.println("Default Printer: ");
          PrintService services = null;
          try{
               services =     PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();//ookupPrintServices(psFlavor, aset);
          }catch(Exception e){
               System.out.println("print exp ");
               e.printStackTrace();
          System.out.println("Default Printer: "+ services.getName());
          System.out.println(services+" services taken..."+services.isDocFlavorSupported(psFlavor));
          PrintService service = ServiceUI.printDialog(null, 250, 250, printService, services, psFlavor, aset);
          if (service != null) {
          DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
          try {
               DocAttributeSet d = new HashDocAttributeSet();
               // Doc doc=new
                    Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(fis, psFlavor, d);
                    System.out.print("doc prepared...");
                    System.out.println("printing starts...");
                    job.print(doc,aset);
                    System.out.println("printing done...");
          catch (Throwable pe) {
               pe.printStackTrace();
     }else{
          System.out.print("else...");
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          new Convert();
}

Answer 1

anamupota wrote:
JoachimSauer wrote:
Desktop.print() is the simplest way. Everything else will get tricky really fast.I wonder if one could print .doc file though.Desktop.print() simply tells the OS to do whatever it usually does to print the file. If Word is installed, it should start word with the file as an argument and whatever parameter it takes to tell Word to print it.
If you don't have anything installed that can view/print words files (or the correct entries are missing in the registry), then it won't work, of course.