Printing : Print « SWT « Java Tutorial

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2. SWT
3. Print

Printer, PrinterData and PrintDialog are three main classes related to Printing.

Printer descends from Device. You can create a graphical context from it and draw on the graphical context.

import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC;
import org.eclipse.swt.printing.Printer;

public class DrawTextToPrint {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Printer printer = new Printer();
    if (printer.startJob("Printing . . .")) {
      GC gc = new GC(printer);
      if (printer.startPage()) {
        gc.drawText("Hello, World!", 20, 20);
        printer.endPage();
      }
      gc.dispose();
    }
    printer.dispose();
  }
}