Using PrintJob need help

Question

Sup guys,
I have a question regarding how to use PrintJob class. Here is what I am trying to do, I am writing a simple gui app that takes the values from users and stores how many labels users want into a array.
So I get all the labels in the array and now I want to print them out of the array on the printer.
Two things, how dose someone go about setting up a PrinterJob so it reads the values from array and then sends it to the printer?
Also since I am printing labels this will be printed on a certain format. Now I use word to print these labels and they have a code in the word for it 5267, so I am not sure how I can get the program to print in that format so the labels come lined up correctly on the label sheet.
Is there another class in java that lets me import the word document and read the format and then somehow use that as a blueprint for what dimensions to use when printing?
Sorry, I am new to java so I am trying to figure out how these classes work and how to connect them together to get the program to do what I want.
Thanks for any help

Answer 1

Lovac,
You should read more about Swing. There is a class called java.awt.print.PrintJob
for example
the method below will print the printable component; so your label should be layed on a printable component ( any component which implement Printable interface
such as you an have a class called MyJPanel which extends JPanel and implements the interface Printable;
example below show a printjob usage;
public void printData() {
          try {
               PrinterJob prnJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
               prnJob.setPrintable(m_panel); // the m_panel extends JPanel and implements Printable interface
               if (!prnJob.printDialog())
                    return;
               setCursor( Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(
                    Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
               prnJob.print();
               setCursor( Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(
                    Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));
               JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
                    "Printing completed successfully",
                    APP_NAME, JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);
          catch (PrinterException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     }Please take a look at java tutorial at http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/ui/features/index.html as a starting point
Regards,
Alan Mehio
London,UK