Printing: Easier in windows?

Question

Hi all.
After trying to print plain text from java for a week, i've realized that this is a far more difficult task than it sounds (if anyone has a magic text printing class, please mail it to me! [email protected]).
But my program only needs to run on win platforms, does that make the problem easier to solve? Are there any win-only classes or native stuff i can use?
Any help appreciated!
Anders.

Answer 1

Hi here it is
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
public class Print extends Frame implements ActionListener, Printable {
TextArea textArea;
public Print() {
pack();
setSize( new Dimension(300,300));
addWindowListener( new CloseWindow());
textArea = new TextArea(" Here you can typ text you want to print out ");
add( textArea, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Button button = new Button ("print");
button.addActionListener (this);
add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
show();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e ) {
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this);
try {
printJob.print();
catch( Exception PrintException) {
public int print( Graphics g, PageFormat f, int n) throws PrinterException {
if ( n >= 1) {
return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
g.translate(100,100);
g.drawString ((String)textArea.getText(), 0, 0);
paint(g);
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
public static void main(String s[]) {
new Print();
class CloseWindow extends WindowAdapter {
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
Hope it helps