Jtable.print()

hey all,
ok... i have a little problem trying to print a jtable. the printing itself is no big deal and it works fine. however the column headers are printed blurry and pixelated. i know that this has to do something with the look and feel because when i use the java laf then the column names are printed perfectly fine. so as soon as i use another laf the headers are blurry. the laf im using is:
de.javasoft.plaf.synthetica.SyntheticaBlackStarLookAndFeelim using java 5 and i did a little research and i found out that this is probably a bug, does anyone know a workaround? i already tried to use a printerjob but didn't make a difference. so im kinda stuck :(

Are you using your own implementation of Printable? If you have jdk 1.5, you can simply call myTable.print () and swing does the rest

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Hi , I have a problem add printing routine for printing to this code.
Sombody help me.
I no post all code but my prube no functioned.
thanks you
code :
package com.froses.tablemodels;
* SimpleDBTable.java
* A demonstration of using ODBC to read data from an Access database
* and display the values in a JTable.
* This file requires that the new.mdb file exists and has been mapped
* using ODBC to a datastore named 'newdb' with blank username and password.
* Gordon Branson January 2004
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.sql.*;
public class SimpleDBTable extends JPanel {
private boolean DEBUG = true;
private int rows = 10, cols = 5;
private String url = "jdbc:odbc:Sego";
private Connection con;
private Statement stmt;
private JButton btnRead, btnDelete, btnWrite, btnClose;
          /* Setup the table column names */
private String[] columnNames = {"Medico",
"Descripci�n",
"Obra social",
"Items",
"Codigo"};
          /* declare an Object array large enough to hold the database table */
private Object[][] data = new Object[rows][cols];
private JTable table;
public SimpleDBTable() {
super(new BorderLayout());
/* Load ODBC diver */
try {
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
} catch(java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
System.err.print("ClassNotFoundException: ");
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
          /* create the JTable */
table = new JTable(data, columnNames);
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(500, 300));
/* Now read from the database */
populateTable();
if (DEBUG) {
table.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
printDebugData();
//Create the Title Label.
JLabel title = new JLabel("Database Access in Java");
title.setFont(new java.awt.Font("Arial", 1, 24));
title.setHorizontalAlignment(javax.swing.SwingConstants.CENTER);
//Add the label to this panel.
add("North",title);
//Create the scroll pane and add the JTable to it.
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
//Add the scroll pane to this panel.
add("Center",scrollPane);
// Create a button panel with a default layout
JPanel buttons = new JPanel();
// Create the buttons
btnRead = new JButton("Read");
btnClose = new JButton("Close");
btnWrite = new JButton("Write");
btnDelete = new JButton("Delete");
// Add action listeners
btnRead.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
populateTable();
btnDelete.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
deleteTable();
btnWrite.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
writeTable();
btnClose.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent evt) {
System.exit(0);
// Add the buttons to the button panel
buttons.add(btnRead);
buttons.add(btnWrite);
buttons.add(btnDelete);
buttons.add(btnClose);
// Add the buttons panel to main panel
add("South",buttons);
private void populateTable(){
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String query = "SELECT * FROM Datos";
/* First clear the JTable */
clearTable();
/* get a handle for the JTable */
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
int r = 0;
try {
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con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "", "");
stmt = con.createStatement();
/* run the Query getting the results into rs */
               ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
               while ((rs.next()) && (r<rows)) {
                    /* for each row get the fields
                    note the use of Object - necessary
                    to put the values into the JTable */
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               Object sup = rs.getObject("Descip_Item");
               Object pri = rs.getObject("Obra_Social");
               Object sal = rs.getObject("M�dico_opera");
               Object tot = rs.getObject("Codigo_estudio");
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               model.setValueAt(sup, r, 1);
               model.setValueAt(pri, r, 2);
               model.setValueAt(sal, r, 3);
               model.setValueAt(tot, r, 4);
               r++;
stmt.close();
con.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {
System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
private void deleteTable(){
     emptyTable();
     clearTable();
private void emptyTable(){
     /* Define the SQL Query to get all data from the database table */
String query = "DELETE * FROM COFFEES";
try {
/* connect to the database */
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "", "");
stmt = con.createStatement();
/* run the Query */
               stmt.executeUpdate(query);
stmt.close();
con.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {
System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
/* private void writeTable(){
     /* First clear the table */
/*      emptyTable();
     PreparedStatement insertRow;// = con.prepareStatement(
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int numRows = table.getRowCount();
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
Integer sup, sal, tot;
Double pri;
Object o;
if(DEBUG) System.out.println("\nDoing Write...");
try {
/* connect to the database */
/* con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "", "");
insertRow = con.prepareStatement(insertString);
     for (int r=0; r < numRows; r++) {
          if (model.getValueAt(r, 0) != null){
               insertRow.setString(1, (String) model.getValueAt(r, 0));
               //o = model.getValueAt(r, 1);
               if(DEBUG) System.out.println(model.getValueAt(r, 1).toString());
               sup = new Integer((String) model.getValueAt(r, 1));
               insertRow.setInt(2, sup.intValue());
               pri = new Double((String) model.getValueAt(r, 2));
               insertRow.setDouble(3, pri.doubleValue());
               sal = new Integer((String) model.getValueAt(r, 3));
               insertRow.setInt(4, sal.intValue());
               tot = new Integer((String) model.getValueAt(r, 4));
               insertRow.setInt(5, tot.intValue());
               insertRow.executeUpdate();
               System.out.println("Writing Row " + r);
insertRow.close();
con.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {
System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
clearTable();
private void writeTable(){
     /* First clear the table */
     emptyTable();
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     String baseString = "INSERT INTO Datos " +
                              "VALUES ('";
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javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
Integer sup, sal, tot;
Double pri;
Object o;
if(DEBUG) System.out.println("\nDoing Write...");
try {
/* connect to the database */
con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, "", "");
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          if (model.getValueAt(r, 0) != null){
               insertString = baseString + model.getValueAt(r, 0)+"',";
               insertString = insertString + model.getValueAt(r, 1)+",";
               insertString = insertString + model.getValueAt(r, 2)+",";
               insertString = insertString + model.getValueAt(r, 3)+",";
               insertString = insertString + model.getValueAt(r, 4)+");";
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               System.out.println("Writing Row " + r);
insertRow.close();
con.close();
} catch(SQLException ex) {
System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
clearTable();
private void clearTable(){
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int numCols = table.getColumnCount();
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for (int i=0; i < numRows; i++) {
for (int j=0; j < numCols; j++) {
model.setValueAt(null, i, j);
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System.out.print(" row " + i + ":");
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* Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety,
* this method should be invoked from the
* event-dispatching thread.
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frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
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check this article.
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