I'm trying to print a JPanel with some painted graphics on it (overriding paintComponent). The graphics is so big that they wont fit on a single page and therefor I'm letting it span across multiple pages. My problem lies within the fact that if I let the user choose the pageFormat/Paper type by calling:
PrintRequestAttributeSet aset = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
PageFormat pf = printJob.pageDialog(aset);
printJob.setPrintable(canvas, pf);
When I'm writing my print() method (implementing Printable) in my JPanel class I can't seem to get the hold of the margins? I use graphics.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
to make it start drawing in the correct topleft corner (0;0) and it takes the margins into consideration (i.e.,starting more at (80; 100) or so). But then it prints over the bottom and right margin which I don't want it to do since that negates the user's wishes.
Here is the code of my print() method as a reference, which works fine when you don't let the user set the paper (using the default instead):
Rectangle[] pageBreaks;
public int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException {
//Calculate how many pages our print will be
if(pageBreaks == null){
double pageWidth = pageFormat.getPaper().getWidth();
double pageHeight = pageFormat.getPaper().getHeight();
//Find out how many pages we need
int numberOfPagesHigh = (int) Math.ceil(size.getHeight()/pageHeight);
int numberOfPagesWide = (int) Math.ceil(size.getWidth()/pageWidth);
pageBreaks = new Rectangle[numberOfPagesHigh*numberOfPagesWide];
double x = 0;
double y = 0;
int curXPage = 0;
//Calculate what we will print on each page
for (int i = 0; i < pageBreaks.length; i++){
double xStart = x;
double yStart = y;
x += pageWidth;
pageBreaks[i] = new Rectangle((int)xStart, (int)yStart, (int)pageWidth, (int)pageHeight);
curXPage++;
if (curXPage > numberOfPagesWide){
curXPage = 0;
x = 0;
y += pageHeight;
}
}
}
if (pageIndex < pageBreaks.length){
//Cast graphics to Graphics2D for richer API
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) graphics;
//Translate into position of the paper
g2d.translate(pageFormat.getImageableX(), pageFormat.getImageableY());
//Setup our current page
Rectangle rect = pageBreaks[pageIndex];
g2d.translate(-rect.x, -rect.y);
g2d.setClip(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height);
//Paint the component on the graphics object
Color oldBG = this.getBackground();
this.setBackground(Color.white);
util.PrintUtilities.disableDoubleBuffering(this);
this.paintComponent(g2d);
util.PrintUtilities.enableDoubleBuffering(this);
this.setBackground(oldBG);
//Return
return PAGE_EXISTS;
}
else {
return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
}
}