How can I do printing in Java with layouts instead of low level coordinates?

Question

I need to do some printing from my Java Swing application. I have tried to use Java Tutorials, but everything is very low level, and time-consuming. I have to specify the coordinates for every line that I want to print. It is also very lowlevel to use text, because I have to use FontMetrics and calculate what space all text fills up.

Is there any easier way to to printing in Java? I would like to design the documents with something like layout managers instead. Any good library or API?

Answer 1

See JasperReports

Answer 2

What kind of document are you looking to print to?

Like Maurice said Jasper Reports is a good library. You can also use POI to work with Microsoft documents