Regarding Sides, my doubt was if I set the Sides.ONE_SIDED equivalent in
the PDDocument, for example:
PDViewerPreferences prefs = new
PDViewerPreferences(document.getDocumentCatalog().getCOSObject());
prefs.setDuplex(PDViewerPreferences.DUPLEX.Simplex);
document.getDocumentCatalog().setViewerPreferences(prefs);
will this be respected when I print the PDF like this?:
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
...
Book book = new Book();
book.append(new PDFPrintable(document, scaling), pageFormat,
document.getNumberOfPages());
job.setPageable(book);
job.print();
I just test it and I can say it is not respected. I guess that's why you
added the example code on Printing.java to show how to convert the
PDViewerPreferences to a PrintRequestAttributeSet.
So, is it right to say that the sides preference of a print job can only
be defined with PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes and not with a
Pageable/Printable object?
Regarding grayscale, is extending PDFPrintable and overriding
print(Graphics, PageFormat, int) the right place to modify the graphics
color? Also, if the PDF is rendered as an image wouldn't be a negative
impact on printing performance and quality?
Thanks!
Ivan
On 29/01/2018 2:01 p. m., Tilman Hausherr wrote:
I haven't understood the first part of your question but here's a
segment in PDFDebugger, maybe that can answer it somewhat:
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
job.setPageable(new PDFPageable(document));
PrintRequestAttributeSet pras = new
HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
PDViewerPreferences vp =
document.getDocumentCatalog().getViewerPreferences();
if (vp != null && vp.getDuplex() != null)
{
String dp = vp.getDuplex();
if
(PDViewerPreferences.DUPLEX.DuplexFlipLongEdge.toString().equals(dp))
{
pras.add(Sides.TWO_SIDED_LONG_EDGE);
}
else if
(PDViewerPreferences.DUPLEX.DuplexFlipShortEdge.toString().equals(dp))
{
pras.add(Sides.TWO_SIDED_SHORT_EDGE);
}
else if
(PDViewerPreferences.DUPLEX.Simplex.toString().equals(dp))
{
pras.add(Sides.ONE_SIDED);
}
}
if (job.printDialog(pras))
{
job.print(pras);
}
To set it, just call
document.getDocumentCatalog().setViewerPreferences().
Re grayscale:
there is no feature to change a PDF to grey. You could render a PDF to
a greyscale image and then print that one.
Tilman
Am 28.01.2018 um 22:39 schrieb Ivan Ridao Freitas | IvanRF.com:
Hi, I have two question regarding Java Printing attributes.
*Sides*: a new HP printer has Duplex mode as default an encountered
two different outputs for these scenarios:
- a PDDocument with one page, but setting PrinterJob.setCopies(2):
prints ok one page after the other
- a PDDocument with two equal pages in it (without using setCopies):
prints one page and the printer stops showing a message to continue
with Duplex mode. (this can only be solved by always adding
Sides.ONE_SIDED and print with attributes)
My question is, can the side behaviour be set on the PDDocument or
the only way to always use "one sided" is with attributes?
I saw in the Printing example
<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pdfbox/trunk/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/printing/Printing.java>
a conversion from PDViewerPreferences.DUPLEX.Simplex to
Sides.ONE_SIDED, but I don't know how to use PDViewerPreferences and
more importantly if these preferences are actually respected when
printing.
*
Chromaticity*: similar to this question
<http://markmail.org/message/5sr6p2d36xpm32eq>, the same HP printer
always prints in color, ignoring the attribute
Chromaticity.MONOCHROME. I tested a virtual printer (with Snagit) and
that attribute works. So, I can assume that the printer is the one
discarding the Chromaticity attribute.
My question is, PDFBox provides a way to change a PDF to grayscale?
If not, could you indicate me at which point should be the color
conversion be made?
I'm using the latest PDFBox 2.0.8.
Thanks,
Ivan
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