Printing with java technology

i am using paper size 8.5 x 11 and i need a very small margin in left side of the paper....i am not able to reduce the left-margin of the print paper...
if i am using x and y coordinates less then (0,0) then its missing some of the text....
help plz.
thank you

See Paper.setImageableArea(...)
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/print/Paper.html#setImageableArea(double, double, double, double)

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