Question

I have already written code that will let me print my frame, but now I want to use printJob since it gives user more print option(such as selecting which printer to use). Is there a quick way to covert BufferedImage to Printable so i can use printjob in my code? thx

if(command.equals("Print")){
         //saves image as temp and then prints it 

    File out = new File("temp.jpg");
    BufferedImage myImage = new BufferedImage((int) frame.getWidth(), 
                        (int) frame.getHeight(),
                        BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB );

    frame.paintAll(myImage.createGraphics());
    try{
        ImageIO.write(myImage, "jpg", out);
        PrintImage.printImage("temp.jpg");
    }catch (IOException exception){
        exception.printStackTrace();
    } catch (Exception e2) {
        e2.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Answer 1

You can use getGraphics to get the frame’s underlying Graphics object, then pass that to the print method of a PrinterJob.