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CHAPTER 7

Printing

The Java Printing API enables applications to:

  • Print all AWT and Java 2D graphics, including composited graphics and images.
  • Control document-composition functions such as soft collating, reverse order printing, and booklet printing.
  • Invoke printer-specific functions such as duplex (two-sided) printing and stapling.
  • Print on all platforms, including Windows and Solaris. This includes printers directly attached to the computer as well as those that the platform software is able to access using network printing protocols.
    • Not all of these features are supported in the JDK 1.2 Printing API and implementation. The API will be extended to support all of these features in future releases. For example, additional printer controls will be added by augmenting the set of named properties of a print job that the application can control.


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