Sending a BufferedImage to a printer.

Question

I have a BufferedImage object that I want to send to a specific color printer. First, I send the BufferedImage to this method, which sets up the printer job.
public static void printOutChart(BufferedImage imageToPrint, int intCopies, String name) {
     try {
          //create a blank printJob
          PrinterJob printJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
          //make some attributes
          AttributeSet attSet = new HashAttributeSet();
          //this is the name of the printer I need to print to
          attSet.add(new PrinterName("\\\\co-ps01\\CO-ResPlanHP5550", null));
          //now find that printer
          PrintService[] arrPrintServices = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, attSet);
          printJob.setPrintService(arrPrintServices[0]);
          //okay, now set the correct number of copies
          printJob.setCopies(intCopies);
          //give it a name
          printJob.setJobName(name);
          //and finally, send the BufferedImage
          printJob.setPrintable(new PrintInterface(imageToPrint));
          printJob.print();
     catch (Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
}Here's the code for the class that implements the Printable interface, that contains our BufferedImage:
final public class PrintInterface implements Printable {
     BufferedImage chartToPrint;
     PrintInterface(BufferedImage graph) {
          chartToPrint = graph;
     public int print(Graphics graphicsObj, PageFormat pageForm, int pageNo) {
          if(pageNo > 0) {
               return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
          else {
               Graphics2D obj2D = (Graphics2D)graphicsObj;
               obj2D.translate(pageForm.getImageableX(), pageForm.getImageableY());
               //print our BufferedImage to the printer page, with an identity transform
               obj2D.drawRenderedImage(this.chartToPrint, new AffineTransform());
               //print out a test string
               obj2D.drawString("AuH2O 4 Prez", 300, 300);
               return PAGE_EXISTS;
}When I print out the BufferedImage, all I get is the test string. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply. I think my code is solid, the problem is that I'm sending a huge image file, which is mostly white and doesn't fit on the page. In fact, none of the elements that the program draws to it before it sends it to the printer show up on the page. I'll either scale down my image or increase the resolution settings on the printer. If I can't get my stuff to work, I'll definitely implement that code you graciously linked to.