How to print an Doc file(MS Word File)on a printer in JAVA

Question

Hi.I am Prakash.
Folowing is the code that i have used to print an doc file on a printer. Problem is that , when i run this code it will provide me an printout of a doc file.,but not in well formate as the actual formate of the file. If any one tried this before plz help me.Thanks
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.print.*;
import javax.print.attribute.*;
import javax.print.attribute.standard.*;
import javax.print.event.*;
public class BasicPrint {
     JFrame frame;
     JButton btn;
     private boolean PrintJobDone = false;
     protected void MakeGui() {
          frame = new JFrame("PrintService");
          btn = new JButton("Cancel Print Job");
          btn.disable();
          frame.getContentPane().add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible(true);
     BasicPrint(String FileToPrint, String pMode) {
          try {
               MakeGui();
               File baseDir = new File("d:/doc");
File outDir = new File(baseDir, FileToPrint);
               // Open the image file
               InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(
                         outDir));
               // Find the default service
               DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
               //DocFlavor flavor = new DocFlavor("application/msword", "java.io.InputStream");
               //DocFlavor docFlavor = new DocFlavor("application/vnd.ms-word", "java.io.InputStream");
               if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("PS"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.POSTSCRIPT;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("PDF"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PDF;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("JPG"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.JPEG;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("GIF"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.GIF;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("PNG"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PNG;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("PCL"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PCL;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("RAW"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXT16"))//****                                   *********
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16;
                    System.out.println("****ACTIVE***");
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXTBE"))//****
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16BE;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXTHOST"))//***
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_HOST;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXT8"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_8;
               else if (pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXTASCI"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_US_ASCII;
               else if(pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("TXTLE"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.TEXT_PLAIN_UTF_16LE;                                        //*******
               else if(pMode != null && pMode.equalsIgnoreCase("SEVICE"))
                    flavor = DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE;
               String type = flavor.getMediaType();
               System.out.println("Type ="+ type);
               //IMPRIMIR prakashCV.doc TXT text/plain; charset="utf-16le"; class="java.io.InputStream"
               System.err.println("* IMPRIMIR " + FileToPrint + " " + pMode + " "
                         + flavor);
               PrintService dservice = PrintServiceLookup
                         .lookupDefaultPrintService();
               PrintService[] services = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(
                         flavor, null);
               if (services == null || services.length < 1)
                    services = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null);
               PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
               aset.add(new Copies(1));
               aset.add(OrientationRequested.PORTRAIT);
               // aset.add(MediaTray.MAIN);
               aset.add(Sides.ONE_SIDED);
               aset.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4);
               PrintService service = ServiceUI.printDialog(
                         (GraphicsConfiguration) null, 60, 60, services,
                         (PrintService) dservice, (DocFlavor) flavor, aset);
               if (service != null) {
                    // Create the print job
                    final DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
                    Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);
                    // Monitor print job events; for the implementation of
                    // PrintJobWatcher,
                    PrintJobWatcher pjDone = new PrintJobWatcher(job);
                    if (job instanceof CancelablePrintJob) {
                         btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                              public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
                                   CancelablePrintJob cancelJob = (CancelablePrintJob) job;
                                   try {
                                        cancelJob.cancel();
                                   } catch (PrintException e) {
                                        // Possible reason is job was already finished
                         btn.enable();
                    try {
                         // Print it
                         job.print(doc, (PrintRequestAttributeSet) aset);
                    } catch (PrintException e) {
                         e.printStackTrace();
                    System.err.println("* Impresion Realizada - Esperando ..");
                    // Wait for the print job to be done
                    pjDone.waitForDone();
               // It is now safe to close the input stream
               is.close();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
          } finally {
               try {
                    synchronized (BasicPrint.this) {
                         PrintJobDone = true;
                         BasicPrint.this.notify();
               } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
     public synchronized void waitForDone() {
          try {
               while (!PrintJobDone) {
                    wait();
          } catch (InterruptedException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          try {
               //args[0]="t";
               //args[1]="rr";
//               if (args.length < 1) {
//                    System.err.println("\nSintaxis:\n\n java BasicPrint FileToPrint [pMode]\n");
//                    System.exit(0);
               BasicPrint bp = null;
               //if (args.length < 2){
                    //bp = new BasicPrint(args[0], null);
               //}else{
                    //bp = new BasicPrint(args[0], args[1]);
                    bp = new BasicPrint("prakashCV.doc","SEVICE");                                                       //****/***
               bp.waitForDone();
               System.exit(0);
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     class PrintJobWatcher {
          // true iff it is safe to close the print job's input stream
          boolean done = false;
          int lastEvent = 0;
          PrintJobWatcher(DocPrintJob job) {
               // Add a listener to the print job
               job.addPrintJobListener(new PrintJobAdapter() {
                    public void printJobRequiresAttention(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err
                                   .println("* La impresora requiere de su Atencion ! * "
                                             + pje);
                         // allDone();
                    public void printDataTransferCompleted(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err
                                   .println("* Transferencia de datos a la impresora OK. * "
                                             + pje);
                         // allDone();
                    public void printJobCanceled(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err.println("* Trabajo de impresion CANCELADO ! * "
                                   + pje);
                         allDone();
                    public void printJobCompleted(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err.println("* Impresion completa OK. * " + pje);
                         allDone();
                    public void printJobFailed(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err.println("* ERROR en la Impresion ! * " + pje);
                         // allDone();
                    public void printJobNoMoreEvents(PrintJobEvent pje) {
                         lastEvent = pje.getPrintEventType();
                         System.err
                                   .println("* No mas eventos de impresion * " + pje);
                         allDone();
                    void allDone() {
                         synchronized (PrintJobWatcher.this) {
                              done = true;
                              PrintJobWatcher.this.notify();
          /** Description of the Method */
          public synchronized void waitForDone() {
               try {
                    while (!done) {
                         wait();
               } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

Hi Maxpkh
Do you mean attachment? You can't do that with free Adobe Reader you need Acrobat to do this.
~Deepak