Adding a Print Button to JPanel

Question

I have a JPanel, with some components like buttons, labels, table, etc.

What I want to do is to add a functionality (a jButton), that clicking on that button directs me to print the whole panel, along with labels and components. Please help.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/750310/how-can-i-print-a-single-jpanels-contents — bbalchev, Mar 17 '13 at 23:06

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 23 '17 at 05:24

Just make a JButton that calls this code:

public void printComponent() {

  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());
      componenet_name.paint(g2);
      return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
    }
  });

  if (pj.printDialog() == false) return;

  try {
    pj.print();
  } catch (PrinterException ex) {
    // handle exception
  }
}

(taken from: How can I print a single JPanel's contents?)

hi. doesn't this code works for awt components? – Mahdiyar Zerehpoush Jul 28 '21 at 10:35 — Mahdiyar Zerehpoush, Jul 28 '21 at 10:35

Adding a Print Button to JPanel

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