how to get the PageFormat from a Java.awt.print.PrinterJob

Question

Hi, I'm trying to use the PageFormat information to modify my javax.swing based printout prior to printing it. I am stumped as to how I can get the PageFormat from the PrintJob (which is obtained using getPrinterJob() and printDialog()). I know there is the getPageFormat method, but I can't figure out how to get the PrintRequestAttributeSet (which is not the printJob.getPrintService().getPrintAttributes()). Honestly, all I really want to know is the width and height of the page. Any ideas on how I can do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

If you just need the page width and height, I think PageFormat.getImageableWidth() and PageFormat.getImageableHeight() are what you're looking for.

Sorry, that's not what you wanted. How about this for a hack:

printable.setFakeJob(true);
job.print();
printable.setFakeJob(false);
job.print();

and in your printable,

public int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) {
    if (isFakeJob()) {
        /* use passed-in PageFormat to set up whatever you need to set up */
        return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
    } else {
        /* do your actual printing */
    }
}

Not pretty, admittedly.