Java Swing : Print swing component using PrinterJob

Sample program to print Hello World to printer using java swing and java.awt.print.PrinterJob

import java.awt.Component;

import java.awt.Dimension;

import java.awt.Font;

import java.awt.Graphics;

import java.awt.Graphics2D;

import java.awt.print.PageFormat;

import java.awt.print.Printable;

import java.awt.print.PrinterException;

import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;

import javax.swing.JFrame;

import javax.swing.JLabel;

import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class PrinterJob {static public void main(String args[]){

        JPanel panel = new JPanel();

        JLabel label = new JLabel();

        label.setFont(new Font("Serif",Font.PLAIN,14));

        label.setText("Hello World");

        panel.add(label);

        panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200,75));

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Panel Printer test");

        frame.getContentPane().add(panel);

        frame.pack();

        frame.setVisible(true);

        printComponenet(panel);

        System.exit(0);

    }

   

    public static void printComponenet(final Component component){

         PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

         pj.setJobName(" Print Component ");

         pj.setPrintable (new Printable() {   

           public int print(Graphics pg, PageFormat pf, int pageNum){

             if (pageNum > 0){

             return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;

             }

             Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) pg;

             g2.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());

             component.paint(g2);

             return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;

           }

         });

         if (pj.printDialog() == false)

         return;

         try {

               pj.print();

         } catch (PrinterException ex) {

               ex.printStackTrace();

         }

         System.out.println("Printing done.");

       }

}