+ * This is necessary as we bypassing the printers driver (as there is none installed on the requesting system). Thus, the function has to take + * care for transforming the file to postscript and to directly communicate with the printer. For doing so, it hijacks an existing postscript + * driver of another printer. + *
+ * + * @param documentToPrint + * The PDF-document that should be printed + * @param printerIdentifier + * The name or ip of the network printer to which the document should be sent + * @throws Exception + * Mainly if the printer is not known or not accessible + */ + public static void printPdf(byte[] documentToPrint, String printerIdentifier) throws Exception { + + // speed the rendering up + System.setProperty("sun.java2d.cmm", "sun.java2d.cmm.kcms.KcmsServiceProvider"); + + // check for any driver that are capable of postscript printing + DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE; + StreamPrintServiceFactory[] factories = StreamPrintServiceFactory.lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(flavor, + DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY.POSTSCRIPT.getMimeType()); + // are there any? + if (factories.length == 0) { + // nope - sorry but won't work on this system. Install postscript printer driver first... + throw new PrinterException("No PostScript factories available"); + } + + // try to create a connection to the printer + Socket printer = new Socket(printerIdentifier, 9100); + // and get a handle to the output stream + DataOutputStream printerFeed = new DataOutputStream(printer.getOutputStream()); + + // now get the attachment content + ByteArrayInputStream documentData = new ByteArrayInputStream(documentToPrint); + // load the pdf document + PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(documentData); + documentData.close(); + + // Attributes are specified by https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/ + // see package javax.print.attribute.standard + PrintRequestAttributeSet printingAttributes = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet(); + // set European page size + printingAttributes.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4); + // printing should be double sided + printingAttributes.add(Sides.DUPLEX); + // set number of pages to be printed + printingAttributes.add(new PageRanges(1, document.getNumberOfPages())); + // create an implicit print job and print the document to the anonymous network printer + factories[0].getPrintService(printerFeed).createPrintJob() + .print(new SimpleDoc(new PDFPrintable(document, Scaling.ACTUAL_SIZE, false), flavor, null), printingAttributes); + + // clean up + printer.close(); + document.close(); + } + + /** + * Prints a document on a network printer + * + * @param documentToPrint + * The document that should be printed + * @param printerIdentifier + * The name or ip of the network printer to which the document should be sent + * @throws Exception + * Mainly if the printer is not known or not accessible + */ + public static void printOnNetworkPrinter(Object documentToPrint, String printerIdentifier) throws Exception { + + // check for any driver that are capable of postscript printing + DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE; + StreamPrintServiceFactory[] factories = StreamPrintServiceFactory.lookupStreamPrintServiceFactories(flavor, + DocFlavor.BYTE_ARRAY.POSTSCRIPT.getMimeType()); + // are there any? + if (factories.length == 0) { + // nope - sorry but won't work on this system. Install postscript printer driver first... + throw new PrinterException("No PostScript factories available"); + } + + // try to create a connection to the printer + Socket printer = new Socket(printerIdentifier, 9100); + // and get a handle to the output stream + DataOutputStream printerFeed = new DataOutputStream(printer.getOutputStream()); + + // now get the document content + ByteArrayInputStream document = new ByteArrayInputStream((byte[]) documentToPrint); + + // Attributes are specified by https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/ + // see package javax.print.attribute.standard + PrintRequestAttributeSet printingAttributes = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet(); + // set European page size + printingAttributes.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4); + // printing should be double sided + printingAttributes.add(Sides.DUPLEX); + // set number of pages to be printed + // printingAttributes.add(new PageRanges(1, document.getNumberOfPages())); + // just 1 printout + printingAttributes.add(new Copies(1)); + // create an implicit print job and print the document to the anonymous network printer + factories[0].getPrintService(printerFeed).createPrintJob().print(new SimpleDoc(document, flavor, null), printingAttributes); + + // clean up + printer.close(); + document.close(); + } + + public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { + + // String printer = "SOME_PRINTER.YOUR.DOMAIN"; (e.g. "192.168.12.10" or "PrinterLab02.someHospital.com") + + // The following example loads a pdf from file system + // byte[] testfile = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("c:/temp/PrintTest.pdf")); + // NetworkPrinting.printPdf(testfile, printer); + + // IF you want to do it on the fly, use + // NetworkPrinting.printPdfBase64(Base64Attachment, printer); + + // You can also print an HTML document + // NetworkPrinting.printHtml(html, printer); + + // Or simply text: + // NetworkPrinting.printText("### THIS IS A TEST ###\n\nTEST TEST TEST", printer); + } + +}