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Harsha
Harsha

Reputation: 3578

How to print strings with line breaks in java

I need to print a string using java so I fond the following solution After googled a lot. I have done some changes to print the string without showing the print dialog. My problem is although this method prints the string properly it doesn't breaks the lines as I have defined. Please tell me how to print strings with line breaks. 

public class PrintBill implements Printable {

    private static final String mText = "SHOP MA\n"
            + "----------------------------\n"
            + "Pannampitiya\n"
            + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n"
            + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n"
            + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n"
            + "____________________________\n";

    private static final AttributedString mStyledText = new AttributedString(mText);

    static public void main(String args[]) throws PrinterException {
        PrinterService ps = new PrinterService();
        PrintService pss = ps.getCheckPrintService("Samsung-ML-2850D-2");//get the printer service by printer name


        PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        printerJob.setPrintService(pss);

        Book book = new Book();
        book.append(new PrintBill(), new PageFormat());       

        printerJob.setPageable(book);


        try {
            printerJob.print();
            System.out.println(printerJob.getPrintService().getName());
            System.out.println("Print compleated..");
        } catch (PrinterException exception) {
            System.err.println("Printing error: " + exception);
            exception.printStackTrace();
        }

    @Override
    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) {
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;

        g2d.translate(format.getImageableX(), format.getImageableY());

        g2d.setPaint(Color.black);        

        Point2D.Float pen = new Point2D.Float();
        AttributedCharacterIterator charIterator = mStyledText.getIterator();
        LineBreakMeasurer measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(charIterator, g2d.getFontRenderContext());
        float wrappingWidth = (float) format.getImageableWidth();

        while (measurer.getPosition() < charIterator.getEndIndex()) {
            TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth);
            pen.y += layout.getAscent();
            float dx = layout.isLeftToRight() ? 0 : (wrappingWidth - layout.getAdvance());
            layout.draw(g2d, pen.x + dx, pen.y);
            pen.y += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();

        }
        return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
    }
}

printer service providing class

public class PrinterService {

    public PrintService getCheckPrintService(String printerName) {
        PrintService ps = null;
        DocFlavor doc_flavor = DocFlavor.STRING.TEXT_PLAIN;
        PrintRequestAttributeSet attr_set =
                new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();

        attr_set.add(new Copies(1));
        attr_set.add(Sides.ONE_SIDED);
        PrintService[] service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(doc_flavor, attr_set);

        for (int i = 0; i < service.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(service[i].getName());
            if (service[i].getName().equals(printerName)) {
                ps = service[i];
            }
        }
        return ps;
    }
}

Upvotes: 9

Views: 140965

Answers (9)

nandha
nandha

Reputation: 81

Adding /r/n between the Strings solved the problem for me. give it a try. On pasting dont include the '//' for excluding.

Eg: Option01\r\nOption02\r\nOption03

this will give output as
Option01
Option02
Option03

Upvotes: 0

Yasiru Sachintha
Yasiru Sachintha

Reputation: 1

package test2;

public class main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        vehical vehical1 = new vehical("civic", "black","2012");
        System.out.println(vehical1.name+"\n"+vehical1.colour+"\n"+vehical1.model);
    }
}

Upvotes: -1

Prajeet Naga
Prajeet Naga

Reputation: 233

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");
System.out.println("First line" + newline);
System.out.println("Second line" + newline);
System.out.println("Third line");

Upvotes: 3

Harsha
Harsha

Reputation: 3578

OK, finally I found a good solution for my bill printing task and it is working properly for me.

This class provides the print service

public class PrinterService {

    public PrintService getCheckPrintService(String printerName) {
        PrintService ps = null;
        DocFlavor doc_flavor = DocFlavor.STRING.TEXT_PLAIN;
        PrintRequestAttributeSet attr_set =
                new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();

        attr_set.add(new Copies(1));           
        attr_set.add(Sides.ONE_SIDED);
        PrintService[] service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(doc_flavor, attr_set);

        for (int i = 0; i < service.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(service[i].getName());
            if (service[i].getName().equals(printerName)) {
                ps = service[i];
            }
        }
        return ps;
    }
}

This class demonstrates the bill printing task,

public class HelloWorldPrinter implements Printable {

    @Override
    public int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException {
        if (pageIndex > 0) { /* We have only one page, and 'page' is zero-based */
            return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        }

        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) graphics;
        g2d.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());

        //the String to print in multiple lines
        //writing a semicolon (;) at the end of each sentence
        String mText = "SHOP MA;"
                + "Pannampitiya;"
                + "----------------------------;"
                + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001 ;"
                + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount ;"
                + "----------------------------;"
                + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00 ;"
                + "----------------------------;";

        //Prepare the rendering
        //split the String by the semicolon character
        String[] bill = mText.split(";");
        int y = 15;
        Font f = new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 8);
        graphics.setFont(f);
        //draw each String in a separate line
        for (int i = 0; i < bill.length; i++) {
            graphics.drawString(bill[i], 5, y);
            y = y + 15;
        }

        /* tell the caller that this page is part of the printed document */
        return PAGE_EXISTS;
    }

    public void pp() throws PrinterException {
        PrinterService ps = new PrinterService();
        //get the printer service by printer name
        PrintService pss = ps.getCheckPrintService("Deskjet-1000-J110-series-2");

        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        job.setPrintService(pss);
        job.setPrintable(this);

        try {
            job.print();
        } catch (PrinterException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }

    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        HelloWorldPrinter hwp = new HelloWorldPrinter();
        try {
            hwp.pp();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 6

optional
optional

Reputation: 23

private static final String mText = "SHOP MA" + "\n" +
        + "----------------------------" + "\n" +
        + "Pannampitiya" + newline +
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001" + "\n" +
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount" + "\n" +
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00" + "\n" +
        + "____________________________" + "\n";

This should work.

Upvotes: 2

Ravi A
Ravi A

Reputation: 525

I think you are making it too complex. AttributedString is used when you want to store attributes - in Printing Context. But You are storing data inside that. AttributedString

Simply, store your data into Document object and pass properties like Font, Bold, Italic everything in AttributedString.

Hope this will be helpful A quick tutorial And In depth tutorial

Upvotes: 0

Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain

Reputation: 213361

You can try using StringBuilder: -

    final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    sb.append("SHOP MA\n");
    sb.append("----------------------------\n");
    sb.append("Pannampitiya\n");
    sb.append("09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n");
    sb.append("No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n");
    sb.append("1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n");
    sb.append("____________________________\n");

    // To use StringBuilder as String.. Use `toString()` method..
    System.out.println(sb.toString());

Upvotes: 0

Amit
Amit

Reputation: 196

Use String buffer.

  final StringBuffer mText = new StringBuffer("SHOP MA\n"
        + "----------------------------\n"
        + "Pannampitiya\n"
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n"
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n"
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n"
        + "____________________________\n");

Upvotes: -1

Siva Charan
Siva Charan

Reputation: 18064

Do this way:-

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");

private static final String mText = "SHOP MA" + newline +
        + "----------------------------" + newline +
        + "Pannampitiya" + newline +
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001" + newline +
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount" + newline +
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00" + newline +
        + "____________________________" + newline;

Upvotes: 9

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