Using PrinterJob to print a Component only uses 2/3 of the page

Question

Okay, I'm now trying to get printing working with my app.
I have a JFrame that contains several custom components.
I invoke the print like this:
               PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
               job.setPrintable(GraphWindow.this);
               if (job.printDialog()) {
                    try {
                         job.print();
                    } catch (PrinterException pe) {
                         logger.error("actionPerformed: Print Error: ", pe);
               }The Printable interface is implemented like this:
          if (pageIndex > 0) {
               return (NO_SUCH_PAGE);
          } else {
               Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) graphics;
               logger.debug("print: clip=" + g2d.getClipBounds() + ", devbounds=" + g2d.getDeviceConfiguration().getBounds());
               g2d.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
               RepaintManager currentManager = RepaintManager.currentManager(this);
               currentManager.setDoubleBufferingEnabled(false);
               paint(g2d);
               currentManager.setDoubleBufferingEnabled(true);
               return (PAGE_EXISTS);
          }When the printout comes out, it covers about 2/3 the page in each dimension. It could easily be larger and still fit.
The print log message looks like this:
print: clip=java.awt.Rectangle[x=15,y=15,width=582,height=762], devbounds=java.awt.Rectangle[x=0,y=0,width=5100,height=6600]
When the paint() method is called, the window is still it's normal screen resolution - so my code paints in that res. This results in some chunky output on the printer.
So, the final questions are:
1) Why is the Clip (and probably the transform) setup for something that is noticeably larger than the Frame being printed? I'd like to force it to "Fit to Page". I'm guessing it's doing some magic DPI calculations, but I don't see how I can change those.
2) Is there any way I can increase the print resolution? Somehow I doubt I can set my Frame size to be 5000x6000 and have it work properly.

Answer 1

I don't know about java... but the trick in VB was to create an invisible form in the background, and print that via Form.PrintForm()... but VB allowed you to create a form any size you liked... even if it was 100 times the current screen size.
Interesting little problem...
PS: I'd only resort to an invisible Frame in the absence of a better solution... ie: pray for a response from someone who actually knows what they're talking about ;-)