[FOP-1654] [PATCH] A PrintRenderer using Java Print Service API

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 2.5
• Component/s: unqualified
• Environment: Operating System: All; Platform: All
• External issue ID: 47093
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Martin Voelkle
• Created: 24/Apr/09 08:01
• Updated: 18/Dec/12 17:00

Description

The attached PrintRenderer uses the Java Print Service API, introduced in Java 1.4.
It allows to programmatically set print options, like the destination printer and media tray. I use it like this:

// Construct a FopFactory
FopFactory fopFactory = FopFactory.newInstance();
FOUserAgent userAgent = fopFactory.newFOUserAgent();

// Setup FOP print renderer
PrintRenderer renderer = new PrintRenderer();
renderer.setUserAgent(userAgent);
userAgent.setRendererOverride(renderer);

// Construct fop with desired output format
Fop fop = fopFactory.newFop(MimeConstants.MIME_FOP_PRINT, userAgent);
ContentHandler handler = fop.getDefaultHandler();

// lookup a printer
PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
// set print request attributes here, like the media tray

// print
job.print(renderer, attributes);

If this PrintRenderer replaced the current one (hint, hint), I could skip the "Setup FOP print renderer" section.