Printing in JDK1.2 -- DRAFT
This set of JavaDoc files contains a draft of the printing facilities
that will be in the JDK1.2 FCS. These are not the printing APIs
in the beta releases 1, 2, or 3. The API documented here will be extended
as necessary to meet the needs of the "Java Network Printing API Initiative"
(JNPAPI).
Printing tutorial in text form
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- Book class java.awt.print.Book.
- Represents a document in which pages may have different page
page formats and page painters.
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- PageFormat class java.awt.print.PageFormat.
- A PageFormat instance describes the size and orientation
of a page to be printed.
- Pageable interface java.awt.print.Pageable.
- A Pageable implementation represents a set of
pages to be printed.
- Paper class java.awt.print.Paper.
- Describes the physical characteristics of a
piece of paper.
- Printable interface java.awt.print.Printable.
- A Printable object is called by PrinterJob to
render the graphics of a page.
- PrinterAbortException exception java.awt.print.PrinterAbortException.
- PrinterIOException is used to indicate an IO error
of some sort has occurred while printing.
- PrinterException exception java.awt.print.PrinterException.
- PrinterException and its subclasses are used to indicate
that an exceptional condition has occurred in the print
system.
- PrinterGraphics interface java.awt.print.PrinterGraphics.
- The Graphics objects passed to Printables to render a
page implement the PrinterGraphics interface.
- PrinterIOException exception java.awt.print.PrinterIOException.
- PrinterIOException is used to indicate an IO error
of some sort has occurred while printing.
- PrinterJob class java.awt.print.PrinterJob.
- The principal class that controls printing.
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