Force target printer in Java

Question

Is there a way to force the target printer in java, using HashPrintRequestAttributeSet ?

I don't want the user to be able to change the printer in the printdialog

Thanks

Solution

My code to solve this :

String printerNameDesired = "My Printer";

PrintService[] service = PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices(); // list of printers
DocPrintJob docPrintJob = null;

int count = service.length;

for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
    if (service[i].getName().equalsIgnoreCase(printerNameDesired)) {
        docPrintJob = service[i].createPrintJob();
        i = count;
    }
}
PrinterJob pjob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
pjob.setPrintService(docPrintJob.getPrintService());
pjob.setJobName("job");
pjob.print();

Comments

[bashoogzaad]

This one worked for me, only you forgot to initialize the docPrintJob. I suggest to add the following code to make it fully functional: DocPrintJob docPrintJob = null; after PrintService[] service = PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices();.