Q1:Export drawingpane to image (gif,bmp,jpg) and Q2: printers

Hi
Q1:Does Java have functionality for exporting awt graphics in the drawingpane to an imagefile with some common imageformat, like gif, bmp or jpg?
Q2:Does Java ... for sending awt graphics in the drawingpane to a printer, so it can be viewed on regular paper?
Id like to add an export menu in my viewer and export the graphics to an imagefile.....and it would also be nice if I could use a printer function.

Hi,
there is no direct export function. However, it's easy enough to export to an image:
1.) Create a BufferedImage of the same size as your canvas
2.) Invoke getGraphics() on the image to obtain a Graphics instance
3.) Invoke paint(Graphics) on your canvas with the image's graphics
4.) Write the image using ImageIO.write(...). It supports all major image formats.
Exporting to a printer is a bit more tricky, I can't provide any 'solid' information on that right now as I don't have access to my source samples.

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