Package java.awt.print
package java.awt.print
Provides classes and interfaces for a general printing API. The API includes
such features as:
- the ability to specify document types
- mechanisms for control of page setup and page formats
- the ability to manage job control dialogs
- Since:
- 1.2
-
ClassDescriptionThe
Book
class provides a representation of a document in which pages may have different page formats and page painters.ThePageable
implementation represents a set of pages to be printed.ThePageFormat
class describes the size and orientation of a page to be printed.ThePaper
class describes the physical characteristics of a piece of paper.ThePrintable
interface is implemented by theprint
methods of the current page painter, which is called by the printing system to render a page.ThePrinterAbortException
class is a subclass ofPrinterException
and is used to indicate that a user or application has terminated the print job while it was in the process of printing.ThePrinterException
class and its subclasses are used to indicate that an exceptional condition has occurred in the print system.ThePrinterIOException
class is a subclass ofPrinterException
and is used to indicate that an IO error of some sort has occurred while printing.ThePrinterJob
class is the principal class that controls printing.