i require to send a pdf document to print on the server side of a web app, the printer fully supports pdf printing etc, it is networked as well to the server. The pdf is also stored on the server.
what i am trying to is on a button click, print out the pdf file, currently i have the code below :
//Server side printing
public class PrintDocument {
public void printText(String text) throws PrintException, IOException {
//Looks for all printers
//PrintService[] printServices = PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices();
PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(text.getBytes("UTF8"));
PrintRequestAttributeSet pras = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
pras.add(new Copies(1));
DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;
Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);
DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
PrintJobWatcher pjw = new PrintJobWatcher(job);
job.print(doc, pras);
pjw.waitForDone();
is.close();
}
}
class PrintJobWatcher {
boolean done = false;
PrintJobWatcher(DocPrintJob job) {
job.addPrintJobListener(new PrintJobAdapter() {
public void printJobCanceled(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobCompleted(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobFailed(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobNoMoreEvents(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
void allDone() {
synchronized (PrintJobWatcher.this) {
done = true;
System.out.println("Printing has successfully completed, please collect your prints)");
PrintJobWatcher.this.notify();
}
}
});
}
public synchronized void waitForDone() {
try {
while (!done) {
wait();
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
}
But i have a few questions / issues, how do i put the pdf into the input stream for this to be printed out, can i select options such as duplex printing, and how can i call this from inside a JSF web app
Thanks
解决方案
After reading through this Q&A I spent awhile working with the javax.print library only to discover that it is not very consistent with printer option support. I.e. even if a printer has an option like stapling, the javax.printer library showed it as "stapling not supported".
So I then tried out PJL commands using a plain java socket and it worked great, in my tests it also printed faster than the javax.print library, it has a much smaller code footprint and best part is no libraries are needed at all:
private static void print(File document, String printerIpAddress)
{
try (Socket socket = new Socket(printerIpAddress, 9100))
{
DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
String title = document.getName();
byte[] bytes = Files.readAllBytes(document.toPath());
out.write(27);
out.write("%-12345X@PJL\n".getBytes());
out.write(("@PJL SET JOBNAME=" + title + "\n").getBytes());
out.write("@PJL SET DUPLEX=ON\n".getBytes());
out.write("@PJL SET STAPLEOPTION=ONE\n".getBytes());
out.write("@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PDF\n".getBytes());
out.write(bytes);
out.write(27);
out.write("%-12345X".getBytes());
out.flush();
out.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e);
}
}