private void runDialogsAndPrint() throws java.awt.print.PrinterException {
out("job starting for " + this.map);
PrinterJob job = getPrinterJob();
out("got OS job: " + tufts.Util.tags(job));
if (job.printDialog()) {
out("printDialog ran, waiting for format...");
// PageFormat format = getPageFormat(job, bounds);
PageFormat format = getPageFormatInteractive(job, bounds);
out("format: " + outpf(format));
if (format != null) {
job.setJobName(jobName);
job.setPrintable(this, format);
// try setting pageable to see if it then
// skips system dialog (we'd like a no-dialog option)
// job.setPrintService(job.getPrintService());
// this only *sometimes* works as a workaround
// for the vue ap mysteriously being raised above
// the system print dialog...
// VUE.frame.toBack();
out("printing...");
job.print();
}
}
out("job complete.");
}
private PageFormat getPageFormat(PrinterJob job, Rectangle2D bounds) {
if (pageFormat == null) {
pageFormat = job.defaultPage();
// todo: keep a list of print formats for each map?
if (bounds.getWidth() > bounds.getHeight()) pageFormat.setOrientation(PageFormat.LANDSCAPE);
else pageFormat.setOrientation(PageFormat.PORTRAIT);
}
return pageFormat;
}
/**
* Run the system page format dialog using the last used PageFormat as the default setup. If user
* hits cancel on the dialog, null is returned.
*/
private PageFormat getPageFormatInteractive(PrinterJob job, Rectangle2D bounds) {
PageFormat initial = getPageFormat(job, bounds);
PageFormat result = job.pageDialog(initial);
if (result != initial) return pageFormat = result;
else return null; // dialog was canceled
}
private PrinterJob getPrinterJob() {
// if (printerJob == null)
printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
return printerJob;
}
