Sending a string of text line by line to printer

Question

good day!
im not sure if this is the correct forum to post my question.
im still confused with the printing routine in java.
im collecting data from an access table and print each record line by line to the printer.
i would really appreciate all the help that i can get. thank you in advance for any reply.
more power to java!
randy

Answer 1

This my help:
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PrintS extends JFrame implements Printable
     Vector      v  = new Vector();
     JList       jl = new JList(v);
     JButton     jb = new JButton("Print");
public PrintS()
     super();
     setBounds(1,1,500,350);     
     addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
    {     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent ev)
               dispose();     
               System.exit(0);
     for (int i=0; i < 30; i++) v.add(" Entry ....   "+i);     
     getContentPane().add("Center",jl);     
     getContentPane().add("South",jb);     
     jb.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
     {     public void actionPerformed( ActionEvent e )
               printIt(); 
     setVisible(true);
private void printIt()
     PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();  
     PageFormat pf = pj.defaultPage();
     pj.setPrintable(this,pf);
     if (pj.printDialog())
          try
               pj.print();
          catch (Exception e){}    
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pi)
                                            throws PrinterException
     if (pi > 0)
          return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
     g.translate((int)pf.getImageableX(),(int)pf.getImageableY());
     g.setColor(Color.black);
     for (int j=0; j < v.size(); j++)
          g.drawString( (String)v.get(j),0,j*16+12);
     return(Printable.PAGE_EXISTS);
public static void main (String[] args)
     new PrintS();  
}       Noah