Question

Currently I am using this code but its throwing PrintJobFlavorException. This is my code help me out fixing this one:

public class PJUtil {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.PDF;
        Writer output = null;
        String text = "printing in pdfPrinting in Java ";
        File file = new File("C:\\CMPSup_AL_.PDF");
        output = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(file));
        output.write(text);
        output.close();
        InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
        PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
        DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();
        Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);
        PrintJobWatcher pjDone = new PrintJobWatcher(job);
        job.print(doc, null);
        pjDone.waitForDone();
        is.close();
    }
}

and exception is

Exception in thread "main" sun.print.PrintJobFlavorException: invalid flavor
    at sun.print.Win32PrintJob.print(Win32PrintJob.java:327)
    at Collections.PrinterJobUtil.main(PrinterJobUtil.java:89)

Answer 1

your printer may not support text based representation. Have a look at this article java printing, specially page 5.