Printing txt/doc files using Java

Question

Hi, i need to take in info from a GUI and format it nicely, then print it. Ive never done any printing from Java before so to get started im just trying to read in some text from a '.txt' file and send it to the printer.
I can detect the printer correctly and it seems to send the job to it because the printers own 'print dialog' thing pops up saying that its printing. When that dialog progress bar gets to 100% it disappears as it usaually does. The problem is, the printer doesnt actually do anything. Heres the code im using:
public class Printer
     public Printer()
          PrintService pservices = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
          System.out.println("Selected Printer: " + pservices.getName());
          try
               InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream("C:/j2sdk1.4.2_04/eclipse/workspace/MyProgram/mainPackage/example.txt"));
               DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
               DocPrintJob pj = pservices.createPrintJob();
               Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);
               pj.print(doc, null);
               is.close();
          catch (IOException ie)
               System.out.println("ERROR (IOException): "+ie);
          catch (PrintException e)
               System.out.println("ERROR (PrintException): "+e);
          catch(Exception ex)
               System.out.println("ERROR: "+ex);
     public static void main(String args[])
          Printer ps = new Printer();
}So if anyone knows whats going wrong, or if u have a nice simple code sample that deos what i want, id appreciate it.
Thanks.

Answer 1

mmm strange... ive since moved on to a different approach and its printing fine now, thanks for your replies :) But now im having probs setting the printable region of the page.
As standard, theres a border around the page that u cant print to. When i print the PageFormat's width/height and the imageable width/height i get this;
(before) pageFormat.getWidth(): 595.19
(before) pageFormat.getHeight(): 841.80
(before) pageFormat.getImageableWidth(): 451.19
(before) pageFormat.getImageableHeight(): 697.80So as u can see, theres a boarder that u cant render to. So then i try setup a page like this;
Paper page = new Paper();
page.setSize(f.getWidth(), pageFormat.getHeight());
page.setImageableArea(0, 0, pageFormat.getWidth(), pageFormat.getHeight());
pageFormat.setPaper(page);Then, after setting the PageFormat's page to be the newly setup page, i reprint the PageFormat's width/height and the imageable width/height and i get this;
(after) pageFormat.getWidth(): 595.19
(after) pageFormat.getHeight(): 841.80
(after) pageFormat.getImageableWidth(): 595.19
(after) pageFormat.getImageableHeight(): 841.80So now u can see that i looks like the boarder is gone. The problem is, i still cant print in that margin so im obviously missing something.
Anyone able to help me?