Scale Graphics g in jpanel for print

Question

hi, im having a simple problem.
i am trying to make a program print something.
i have looked at many printing scale functions
but they have not worked for me.
i am passing Graphics g to a class that is drawing on it.
i do not want to change this class to draw with graphics2d.
why isnt this scaling?
any suggestions big or small appreciated!
i dont know if it is worth mentioning that this method is inside a
class that extends JPanel.
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) {
DrawSomething.doDrawing(g); // a class that draws onto g
Graphics2D g2D = (Graphics2D) g;
g2D.translate(format.getImageableX (), format.getImageableY ());
// scale to fill the page
double dw = format.getImageableWidth();
double dh = format.getImageableHeight();
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
double xScale = dw / (length of drawing, here 250);
double yScale = dh / (height of drawing, here 250);
double scale = Math.min(xScale,yScale);
g2D.scale(scale, scale);
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}

Answer 1

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return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}BTW, this is not a good idea. Your print job will probably continue indefinitely this way. do return page==0