Printing problem with muliple page 2D graphics.........URGENT

Question

/*hi
I want to print the drawings that i create in my painting application.
Following is the extract from my drawing application, which takes care of the printing part. The problem i am facing is that, i am able to print only one page, the other parts of my drawing are clipped (both from the horizontal as well as vertical direction)
However i did found some help on printing multiple page TEXT documents, from some literature, but nothing was mentioned about printing drawing that may extend to multiple pages.
Since printing forms a very important part of any painting application, the whole of my project now relies on the success of the printing code. Its really urgent for me to get out of this problem, any kind of help from anyone would be a great contribution in completing my project */
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
public class Print {
public static void main(String[] args) {
PrintFrame f = new PrintFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.show();
class PrintFrame extends JFrame implements ActionListener{
DrawingPanel drawingPanel = new DrawingPanel();
public PrintFrame() {
setTitle("Test Printing");
setBounds(100,100,500,400);
getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(drawingPanel), BorderLayout.CENTER);
JButton printButton = new JButton("Print");
getContentPane().add(printButton,BorderLayout.SOUTH);
printButton.addActionListener(this);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
PrintUtilities.printComponent(drawingPanel);
class DrawingPanel extends JPanel {
private int fontSize = 90;
private String message = "Java 2D";
private int messageWidth;
Dimension pref = new Dimension(1500, 1500);//will define the max scrollable area
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return pref;
public DrawingPanel() {
setBackground(Color.white);
Font font = new Font("Serif", Font.PLAIN, fontSize);
setFont(font);
FontMetrics metrics = getFontMetrics(font);
messageWidth = metrics.stringWidth(message);
int width = messageWidth*5/3;
int height = fontSize*3;
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
int x = messageWidth/10;
int y = fontSize*5/2;
g2d.translate(x, y);
g2d.setPaint(Color.lightGray);
AffineTransform origTransform = g2d.getTransform();
g2d.shear(-0.95, 0);
g2d.scale(1, 3);
g2d.drawString(message, 0, 0);
g2d.setTransform(origTransform);
g2d.setPaint(Color.black);
g2d.drawString(message, 0, 0);
g2d.drawLine(5,5,1490,500);//this line goes outside my paper width, & does not get printed
class PrintUtilities implements Printable {
private Component componentToBePrinted;
public static void printComponent(Component c) {
new PrintUtilities(c).print();
public PrintUtilities(Component componentToBePrinted) {
this.componentToBePrinted = componentToBePrinted;
public void print() {
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this);
if (printJob.printDialog())
try {
printJob.print();
} catch(PrinterException pe) {
System.out.println("Error printing: " + pe);
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) {
if (pageIndex > 0) {
return(NO_SUCH_PAGE);
} else {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
disableDoubleBuffering(componentToBePrinted);
componentToBePrinted.paint(g2);
enableDoubleBuffering(componentToBePrinted);
return(PAGE_EXISTS);
/* disables double buffering globally. */
public static void disableDoubleBuffering(Component c) {
RepaintManager currentManager = RepaintManager.currentManager(c);
currentManager.setDoubleBufferingEnabled(false);
/* Re-enables double buffering globally. */
public static void enableDoubleBuffering(Component c) {
RepaintManager currentManager = RepaintManager.currentManager(c);
currentManager.setDoubleBufferingEnabled(true);
}

Answer 1

Um I dont know if im doing something daft but I tried this like you said
PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printJob.setPrintable(this);
if(printJob.printDialog()){
try {
          PageFormat pageFormat = printJob.defaultPage();
          if (pageFormat.getOrientation() == PageFormat.PORTRAIT) {
          landscape = 0;} else {
               landscape = 1;}
          System.out.println("THE ORIENTATION IS "+ landscape);
          printJob.print(); }
catch (Exception PrinterExeption) { PrinterExeption.printStackTrace();}
and it doesnt seem to work as I tried it both as landscape and portrait in the print dialog but landscape is always 0.
cheers
pmiggy