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bazi
bazi

Reputation: 1866

java printing : incorrect paper size

im trying to print a pdf in A4 size but the output varies from the expected one.

this is what it looks like

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but it supposed to be like this

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both images are same resolution

this is the code that generates this output.

PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
pj.setPrintService(service);
PageFormat pf = new PageFormat();
Paper paper = new Paper();
paper.setSize(595, 842); // a4 in px
paper.setImageableArea(0, 0, 595, 842);
pf.setPaper(paper);

Book book = new Book();
book.append(pages, pf, pdfFile.getNumPages());
pj.setPageable(book);

pj.print();

basically its just shrunk. what should i do to fix this?

and by the way, im not using a real printer. im using a virtual printer that takes a print request and outputs a pdf.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3214

Answers (1)

bazi
bazi

Reputation: 1866

i have found a solution to this. i used javax.print library instead of java.awt.print.

File file = new File("path/to/pdf");
DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PDF;
PrintRequestAttributeSet attr = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
attr.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4);
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(fis, flavor, null);
DocPrintJob job = printService.createPrintJob();
job.print(doc, attr);
fis.close();

now it gets printed correctly.

Upvotes: 2

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