public abstract class PrintJob
extends Object 

See Also:

Toolkit.getPrintJob(java.awt.Frame, java.lang.String, java.util.Properties)

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor	Description
  PrintJob ()

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  abstract void	end ()	Ends the print job and does any necessary cleanup.
  void	finalize ()	Ends this print job once it is no longer referenced.
  abstract Graphics	getGraphics ()	Gets a Graphics object that will draw to the next page.
  abstract Dimension	getPageDimension ()	Returns the dimensions of the page in pixels.
  abstract int	getPageResolution ()	Returns the resolution of the page in pixels per inch.
  abstract boolean	lastPageFirst ()	Returns true if the last page will be printed first.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

    clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

• Constructor Detail

  • PrintJob

    public PrintJob()

• Method Detail

  • getGraphics

    public abstract Graphics getGraphics()

    Gets a Graphics object that will draw to the next page. The page is sent to the printer when the graphics object is disposed. This graphics object will also implement the PrintGraphics interface.

    See Also:

    PrintGraphics

  • getPageDimension

    public abstract Dimension getPageDimension()

    Returns the dimensions of the page in pixels. The resolution of the page is chosen so that it is similar to the screen resolution.

  • getPageResolution

    public abstract int getPageResolution()

    Returns the resolution of the page in pixels per inch. Note that this doesn't have to correspond to the physical resolution of the printer.

  • lastPageFirst

    public abstract boolean lastPageFirst()

    Returns true if the last page will be printed first.

  • end

    public abstract void end()

    Ends the print job and does any necessary cleanup.

  • finalize

    public void finalize()

    Ends this print job once it is no longer referenced.

    Overrides:

    finalize in class Object

    See Also:

    end()