[JAVA2D] GraphicsConfiguration and Printing

[Eric Kolotyluk]

While reading the API documentation on GraphicsConfiguration, GraphicsEnvironment, and GraphicsDevice, they all mention printers. However, reading the Graphics2D API on PrinterJob and friends I can find no way to get the GraphicsConfigruation related to a PrinterJob like I can with Window.getGraphicsConfiguration. Is there actually a way to find the GraphicsConfiguration for a printer or is the documentation teasing me?

Is there any way to find more specific information on a print device like its resolution via attributes?. The PrintServiceAttributeSet can only be used to setting attributes, not for inquiry. And its badly documented at that (i.e. no examples or tutorials). Took me too long to figure out someone else's cleverness, only to discover you can't get the printer resolution that way. I'm not at all impressed with the design here.

This seems to be a black magic area and any help would be greatly appreciated. It would also be nice if there were a forum or new list specifically for printing issues. Not nearly enough has been written or documented about printing in Java,

Cheers, Eric

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