Text file printing using servlets

Question

Hello everybody ,
i am stuck in very difficult situation in my application ,my client want to print the files generated in the server to their respective local printers without opening the
file .I tried java.awt.print and also javax.print /*
* PrintText.java
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package com.kiocl.MRV;
import java.awt.*;
//import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Printtext implements Printable {
RandomAccessFile theFile;
int fontSize = 10;
int linesPerPage, numOfPages;
Font theFont = new Font("Courier New", Font.ROMAN_BASELINE, fontSize);
//public PrintText(String Filename) {
public Printtext(String Filename) {
// String Filename = "e:\\plsql.pdf";
try {
theFile = new RandomAccessFile(Filename, "r");
} catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
System.out.println("File not found: " + Filename);
System.exit(0);
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
int numOfLines = 0;
String s;
try {
//String s;
while ((s = theFile.readLine()) != null) numOfLines++;
} catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
linesPerPage = (int)job.defaultPage().getImageableHeight() / fontSize;
numOfPages = numOfLines / linesPerPage + 1;
Book myBook = new Book();
myBook.append(this, job.defaultPage(), numOfPages);
job.setPageable(myBook);
job.setCopies(1);
if (job.printDialog()) {
try {
System.out.println("printing...");
job.print();
} catch (PrinterException pe) {
System.out.println("printer error");
System.exit(0);
else {
System.out.println("user did not print");
//System.exit(0);
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int index) throws PrinterException {
if (index >= numOfPages) return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
g.setFont(theFont);
g.setColor(Color.black);
//Paper paper=pf.getPaper();
//paper.setSize(15,12);
//pf.setPaper(paper);
try {
theFile.seek(0);
for(int i = 0; i < linesPerPage * index; i++)
theFile.readLine();
int y = (int)pf.getImageableY() + 12;
String s;
for(int i = 0; i < linesPerPage; i++) {
s = theFile.readLine();
if (s == null) break;
if (s.length() > 0)
g.drawString(s, (int)pf.getImageableX(), y);
y += 12;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
throw new PrinterException();
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
} but both are printing on the server connected printer not client connected printer.
So plz plz plz some help me with some code to print the text file from server to client printer without opening it .
Edited by: Mani_patil on Apr 24, 2009 10:02 AM

Answer 1

but both are printing on the server connected printer not client connected printer.
So plz plz plz some help me with some code to print the text file from server to client printer without opening it .Don't you think it would be a security threat if you could print on the client printer from the server?