Print in format A3

Question

Hi everyone,
actually I make an intership in a society and it's my last week. And durinf more than 4 weeks, I hardly tried to print a Jpanel in A3 format.
So I explain more : my JPanel has 3 parts : one with textarea, JLabel, JTextfield... and the two other with imageIcon. Actually, I have no problem to print this in A4 format with a landscape orientation. But when I try to print in A3, my JPanel keep the A4 dimension!!!
So I have a question : How can I print this in A3 format?
I have tried to use iText, but I can't give my JPanel in parameter.
Let's have a look at my source :
class LeftPage extends JPanel {
   public ImageIcon img1;
   public LeftPage(){
     img1 = new ImageIcon("page1.jpg");
   public void paint(Graphics g) {
     Graphics2D graphics2D2 = (Graphics2D) g;
     graphics2D2.drawImage(img1.getImage(), 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
class RightPage extends JPanel {
  public ImageIcon img2;
  public RightPage(){
    img2 = new ImageIcon("page2.jpg");
  public void paint(Graphics g) {
    Graphics2D graphics2D2 = (Graphics2D) g;
    graphics2D2.drawImage(img2.getImage(), 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
public class PageA3 extends JPanel implements Printable{
  //Panels
  public JPanel panPage1 = new JPanel();//contient panEntete et PageGauche
  public JPanel panPage2 = new JPanel();
  public JPanel panEntete = new JPanel();
  PageDroite panRight = new PageDroite();
  PageGauche panLeft = new PageGauche();
//others graphics elements like JLabel, JTextfiels, JTextarea ..
//Constructor
public PageA3() {
    this.setLayout(new GridLayout(1,2));
   public void imprimer() {
     PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob(); //pr obtenir un objet de type PrinterJob
     printJob.setPrintable(PageA3.this);
     boolean choix = printJob.printDialog();
     if (choix) {
       try {
         printJob.print();
       catch (Exception PrintException) {}
   * print
   * @param graphics Graphics
   * @param pageFormat PageFormat
   * @param pageIndex int
   * @return int
  public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) {
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
   if (pageIndex >= 1)
   { return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
    g2.rotate(Math.PI /2);
   //g2.rotate(1.57);
   g2.scale(72.0/100, 72.0/100);
   g2.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
   paint(g2);
   return(PAGE_EXISTS);
}Have you an idee, it's very urgent. Thanks a lot and best regards.

Answer 1

Hi,
I look the java.awt.print.Paper 's Class. And I have added this to my source :
     PageFormat pf = printJob.defaultPage();
     Paper papier = new Paper();
     papier.setSize(16.5*72, 11.69*72); //A3 dimension, I think
     papier.setImageableArea(0.0, 0.0, papier.getWidth(), papier.getHeight());
     pf.setPaper(papier);But now , I have 2 problems :
- first : my Y coordinate isn't exactly on the the upper left hand corner of my paper.
- second : it keep the A4 's width!! Why??? I don't understand, I have exactly precise papier.setSize(16.5*72, 11.69*72); //A3 dimension, I thinkI'm going a little bit crazy, please.
Best Regard.