Unable to print HTML pages

Question

After a good bit of reading, I found that printing HTML directly to the printer doesn't work for many printers. I don't want to print the code. I want the actual HTML page. I have some code here that reads the HTML file into a JEditorPane and then is rendered into a graphic for printing.
My code compiles fine, I'm not getting any errors, but what I'm also not getting is any pages printing.
Here is the source of my class:
* PrintReport.java
* @author tristan
* Created on September 27, 2007, 4:06 PM
package fedex;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Printable;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
import java.io.*;
import javax.print.Doc;
import javax.print.DocFlavor;
import javax.print.DocPrintJob;
import javax.print.PrintException;
import javax.print.PrintService;
import javax.print.PrintServiceLookup;
import javax.print.ServiceUI;
import javax.print.SimpleDoc;
import javax.print.attribute.*;
import javax.print.attribute.standard.*;
import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
import javax.swing.RepaintManager;
public class PrintReport
    private FileInputStream fileIS;
    private Doc doc;
    private DocAttributeSet das = new HashDocAttributeSet ();
    PrintService defaultService;
    /** Creates a new instance of PrintReport */
    public PrintReport ()
    public void printHTMLFile (String file) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException
        PrintableEditorPane jEditorPane = new PrintableEditorPane ();
        jEditorPane.setContentType ("text/html");
        jEditorPane.read (new BufferedInputStream (new FileInputStream (file)), "");
        System.out.println (jEditorPane.getText ());
        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob ();
        job.setPrintable (jEditorPane);
        if (job.printDialog ())
            try
                job.print ();
            catch (Exception ex)
                System.out.println (ex);
    public class PrintableEditorPane extends JEditorPane implements Printable, Serializable
        public int print (Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException
            Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
            g2.setColor (Color.black);
            RepaintManager.currentManager (this).setDoubleBufferingEnabled (false);
            Dimension d = this.getSize ();
            double panelWidth = d.width;
            double panelHeight = d.height;
            double pageWidth = pf.getImageableWidth ();
            double pageHeight = pf.getImageableHeight ();
            double scale = pageWidth / panelWidth;
            int totalNumPages = (int)Math.ceil (scale * panelHeight / pageHeight);
            System.out.println ("Total pages to print are " + totalNumPages);
            if (pageIndex >= totalNumPages) return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
            g2.translate (pf.getImageableX (), pf.getImageableY ());
            g2.translate (0f, -pageIndex * pageHeight);
            g2.scale (scale, scale);
            this.paint (g2);
            return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}I tried using a complex HTML file as well as a basic one, but everytime Total pages to print are 0 is printed back to the console. I can't figure out why it's unable to create any pages to print.

Answer 1

DrClap wrote:
I think you will find thatDimension d = this.getSize ();produces (0, 0) until you actually display your component somewhere. I believe it's possible to "display" it in such a way that it doesn't appear on the user's screen, but I don't know how.
There's a Swing forum here where you get answers from people who are good at Swing. Posting here attracts answers from people like me who are mediocre at it.I think that calling validate() on a Container will lay it out and size it's components, even if it hasn't been made visible, but don't take my word for it.