Replacing the default Print Manager

I'm currently working on a project and was wondering if its possible to create a Print Manager in Java to replace the Default Print Manager.
In other words, i want the applications to send the print jobs to "My Print Manager" instead of the default print manager.
Hope someone can help me on this. Any info relating to this is helpful.
Thanks
James

These may offer some help:
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03275041&cc=us&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=519...
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