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Class PrintComponent

java.lang.Object
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public class PrintComponent
extends Object

A small class that allows printing of Components. If the component handed over implements the Printable interface, it is directly printed, otherwise the components print method is called with a graphics object provided by the printer job. If the components preferred size is bigger than the printable area, a scaling on the graphics object is performed that keeps the aspect ratio but renders the component small enough to fit on the page. If the component is the special JTabbedPane component, then all tabs are printed on consecuetive pages.

See Also:

SaveComponent

Nested Class Summary

private static class

PrintComponent.PrintableComponent Renders an array of compontents to a printable page.

Field Summary

private static Properties	export Keep export properties.
private static PrinterJob	job Keep print job reference to keep user settings.

Constructor Summary

PrintComponent()

Method Summary

static boolean	eps(Component show) Prints an arbitrary component.
static boolean	export(Component show)
static boolean	pdf(Component show) Prints an arbitrary component.
static boolean	print(Component show)
static boolean	ps(Component show) Prints an arbitrary component.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

job

private static PrinterJob job

Keep print job reference to keep user settings.

export

private static Properties export

Keep export properties.

Constructor Detail

PrintComponent

public PrintComponent()

Method Detail

print

public static boolean print(Component show)
                     throws PrinterException

Throws:

PrinterException

export

public static boolean export(Component show)

ps

public static boolean ps(Component show)
                  throws PrinterException

Prints an arbitrary component. Double-buffering should not be an issue, as jcomponets print methods turn this off by default.

Throws:

PrinterException

eps

public static boolean eps(Component show)
                   throws PrinterException

Prints an arbitrary component. Double-buffering should not be an issue, as jcomponets print methods turn this off by default.

Throws:

PrinterException

pdf

public static boolean pdf(Component show)
                   throws PrinterException

Prints an arbitrary component. Double-buffering should not be an issue, as jcomponets print methods turn this off by default.

Throws:

PrinterException