Only first page of a large JTable will be printed.....

Question

Hi,
I print a JTable with e.g. 4 pages with an BrotherHL1660e-printer. I used the code below, I have got this from http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Programming/JDCBook/advprint.html#pe and modified it a little bit.
     Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
     int fontHeight=g2.getFontMetrics().getHeight();
     int fontDesent=g2.getFontMetrics().getDescent();
     //leave room for page number
     double pageHeight = pageFormat.getImageableHeight()-fontHeight;
     //Seitenbreite
     double pageWidth = pageFormat.getImageableWidth();
     //Tabellenbreite
     double tableWidth = (double) ((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getColumnModel().getTotalColumnWidth();
     double scale = 1.0;
     if (tableWidth >= pageWidth) {
          scale = pageWidth / tableWidth;
     double headerHeightOnPage=
((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getTableHeader().getHeight()*scale;
     //Tabellenbreite wird f?r die Seite passend verkleinert
     double tableWidthOnPage=tableWidth*scale;
     //H?he einer Zeile
     double oneRowHeight=(((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getRowHeight())*scale;
          //Anzahl Zeilen auf einer Seite
     int numRowsOnAPage=
(int)((pageHeight-headerHeightOnPage)/oneRowHeight);
          //H?he einer Seite
     double pageHeightForTable=(double)(oneRowHeight*numRowsOnAPage);
          //Anzahl Seiten gesamt
     int totalNumPages= (int)Math.ceil((
(double)((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getRowCount())/numRowsOnAPage);
     if(pageIndex>=totalNumPages)
return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
     ((JTable)componentToBePrinted).clearSelection();
((JTable)componentToBePrinted).requestFocus();
          //Verschieben zum oberen linken Rand der Seite
     g2.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
          //Schreiben der Seitenzahlen am unteren Rand der jeweiligen Seite
     g2.drawString("Page: "+(pageIndex+1),(int)pageWidth/2-35,
(int)(pageHeight+fontHeight-fontDesent));//bottom center
//          Hintergrundbild (graues Rechteck) f?r den TableHeader
     int colCount= ((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getTableHeader().getColumnModel().getColumnCount();
     double colWidth=tableWidth/colCount;
     int x=0;
          BufferedImage img=new BufferedImage((int)tableWidth, (int)headerHeightOnPage,BufferedImage.TYPE_USHORT_GRAY);
          Graphics2D iG= (Graphics2D)img.getGraphics();               
     for (int i=0; i<colCount; i++)
               iG.setColor(Color.gray);
               iG.fill3DRect(x,0,img.getWidth(),img.getHeight(),true);
//          x+=colWidth;
     iG.scale(scale,scale);
     g2.drawImage(img,null,null);
          x=0;     
//          Zeichnen der Spalten?berschriften
          for (int i=0; i<colCount; i++)
               g2.drawString((String)((JTable)componentToBePrinted).getTableHeader().getColumnModel().getColumn(i).getHeaderValue(),
//                              x,(int)headerHeightOnPage/2);
               x+=colWidth;                              
     g2.translate(0f,headerHeightOnPage);
//          linie auf der linken Seite der Tabelle
          g2.setColor(Color.gray);
          g2.drawLine(0,0,0,(int)pageHeightForTable);
//          g2.setColor(Color.black);
     g2.translate(1f,(double)(-pageIndex*pageHeightForTable));
g2.setClip(0, (int)(pageHeightForTable*pageIndex),
(int) Math.ceil(tableWidthOnPage),
(int) Math.ceil(pageHeightForTable));
          //Anpassen des Graphic-Kontextes an Seitengr?sse
     g2.scale(scale,scale);
          //rendern der aktuellen Seite
     ((JTable)componentToBePrinted).paint(g2);
     g2.scale(1/scale,1/scale);
     g2.translate(1f,(double)(pageIndex*pageHeightForTable));
     g2.translate(/*0f*/(double)0.0, -headerHeightOnPage);
     g2.setClip(0, 0,(int) Math.ceil(tableWidthOnPage),
(int)Math.ceil(headerHeightOnPage));
     g2.scale(scale,scale);
     return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
I have modified the code so that I do not paint the TableHeader. Instead of this I paint grey BufferedImages and the text of the TableHeader on this Images. The reason is that if I paint the TableHeader, only the last row of the Header will be printed but not the table. If I paint the images instead it works.
But my next problem is that I can only print the first page. From the next pages only the last column of the last row will be printed.
Has anyone a good idea to solve this problem? Please help, I am working at this for a couple of days now and I am going mad :-(.
Thank you in advance - netti
PS: excuse my bumpy english

Answer 1

Hey all,
I solved this problem. It was not a code-problem but a printer problem. This code do not work on a BrotherHL1660e-printer. On all other printer I tried it works fine.
Greetings - netti