To print a offscreen JFrame

Question

Hi!
I have a offscreen JFrame with different panels. I want to print this JFrame, but it seems that it is only possible when the JFrame is visible.
I have searched through the Forums and found a lot answers about how to manage offscreen images, but in this case its a JFrame what I need to be printed.
Thanks in advance!
F�lix

Answer 1

Thanks KPSeal!
I tried with your code, but I get the same problem, only if the frame inside the JFramePrintable is visible, the content of the original frame is painted. If the frame is not visible, nothing (that's to say, a white page) is printed.
Maybe the problem is the way I call the frame to be printed.
Here send you a snippet with my code:
  private boolean applyChanges(){
      //Print the offscreen frame
        JFrame mjf=new JFrame();
        MyClassWithInfo info=new MyClassWithInfo();//That's what I want to be displayed (a JPanel with information)
        mjf.setBounds(0,0,190,140);
        mjf.getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        mjf.getContentPane().add(info,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        JFramePrintable jfp=new JFramePrintable(mjf);
//        jfp.frame.setVisible(true); //only when this line is active, I get something....
        PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        PageFormat pageFormat = pj.defaultPage();
        try {
            pageFormat.setOrientation(java.awt.print.PageFormat.LANDSCAPE);
            //A new paper object with our settings is created
            Paper paper=new Paper();
            paper.setImageableArea(10,10,545,820);
            paper.setSize(595,841);
            pageFormat.setPaper(paper);
        } catch (Exception ex) { }
        pj.setPrintable(jfp,pageFormat);
        if (pj.printDialog()) {
            try {
                pj.print();
            catch (Exception p) {
        else{
          return false;
    return true;
  }