Re: [gentoo-java] OFF-TOPIC: printing in java

[Mario Fetka <mario-fetka@gmx.at>]

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Am Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2007 10:03:25 schrieb Robert Wray:
> Does your printer's name contain a dash?
> If you're using jdk 1.6 a dash in your printers name might cause what
> you're seeing. http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6252456
>
> Are you using java version 1.4 or earlier?
> Java 1.5 and later native support CUPS, earlier versions used lp commands.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
>   The title of this message is "OFF-TOPIC" because it's not a thing only
> related with Gentoo but related to the Linux Java implementation. The
> question is has anybody get success in printing in java+linux? I use CUPS
> and it works when printing pdfs, text and OpenOffice.org documents. But
> when I try something like this:
>
> if (pJob.printDialog()) {
>       pJob.setPrintable(printableDocument, new PageFormat());
>       try {
>          pJob.print();
>       } catch (PrinterException printerException) {
>       System.out.println("Error Printing Document");
>    }
> }
>
>   the print dialog appears I select the correct printer and it seems that
> everitying works but when the document enters into the queue it's in the
> state printing and then automatically it changes to stoped. At no moment
> the printer really receives the document.

i also had the same problem with cups 1.2 its a problem with the new cups 
defaults

more Here

http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L433+I0+TFAQ+M10+P1+Qjava

i think this is the reason for your problem.

wfg
MArio

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