Printing on paper sizes larger then A3.

Question

Hi all,
I tried searching the foram for this specific problem but did not get success. I am working on sending custom 2D graphic elements to the printer/plotter using both the 'PrinterJob.getPrinterJob()' and the 'ServiceUI.printDialog()' methods. It works fine for printing/plotting if the page size is up to A3 but fails once we try printing to a bigger paper size. I also have tried using the java ServiceUI.printDialog but it provides a limited list of paper sizes rather then the standard set of paper sizes provided by different vendors. I have tested following code with the adobe pdf print driver and HPDeskJet 1050C plotter but each time it appears that my A2 size is cropped and shown as just part of my graphic element covered by A3 paper size. Kindly have a look at the code below and let me know if I am doing some thing wrong. I would be really thankful to you for your time and help in this regard.
Ishfaq
//Simplified Code snippet
public void doPrint()
PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
pageFormat = pj.defaultPage();
try
double mi_imageableX = 0.0;
double mi_imageableY = 0.0;
double mi_width = 1190.0;
double mi_height = 1684.0;
pageFormat.setOrientation(java.awt.print.PageFormat.PORTRAIT);
paper = new Paper();
paper.setSize(mi_width,
mi_height);
paper.setImageableArea(mi_imageableX, mi_imageableY,
mi_width,
mi_height);
pageFormat.setPaper(paper);
System.out.println("page orientation is "+ pageFormat.getOrientation() +" from pageformat object. Its width and height are "
+ pageFormat.getWidth() + ", "
+ pageFormat.getHeight()
+ " and its imageable x,y,width and height values are " +
pageFormat.getImageableX () + ", " + pageFormat.getImageableY() + ", "
+ pageFormat.getImageableWidth() + ", " +
pageFormat.getImageableHeight());
catch (Exception ex)
ex.printStackTrace();
pj.setPrintable(this, pageFormat);
if (pj.printDialog())
try
pj.print();
catch (Exception p)
p.printStackTrace();
//implements the printable interface
public int print(
java.awt.Graphics graphics,
java.awt.print.PageFormat pageformat,
int pageIndex) throws java.awt.print.PrinterException
if (pageIndex > 0)return java.awt.print.Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE ;
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) graphics;
printGraphicElements(g2);
return java.awt.print.Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
private void printGraphicElements(Graphics2D g2d)
//draw different graphic elements
Rectangle2D.Double border = new Rectangle2D.Double(5, 5, pageformat
.getImageableWidth()-10, pageformat.getImageableHeight()-10);
g2.draw(border);
}

Answer 1

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