PrintJob

Name

Description

PrintJob encapsulates printing information. When you call Toolkit.getPrintJob(), this is the object that is returned. From the PrintJob, you can access a Graphics object, which can be used for drawing to the printer.

Class Definition

public abstract class jav.awt.PrintJob extends java.lang.Object {
 // Instance Methods public abstract void end();
public void finalize();
public abstract Graphics getGraphics();
public abstract Dimension getPageDimension();
public abstract int getPageResolution();
public abstract boolean lastPageFirst();
}

Instance Methods

end

public abstract void end()

• Description
• Ends printing and cleans up.

finalize

public void finalize()

• Overrides
• Object.finalize()
• Description
• Cleans up when this object is garbage collected.

getGraphics

public abstract Graphics getGraphics()

• Returns
• A Graphics object representing the next page. The object returned will also implement the PrintGraphics interface.
• Description
• Returns a Graphics object for printing.

getPageDimension

public abstract Dimension getPageDimension()

• Returns
• The page dimensions in pixels.

getPageResolution

public abstract int getPageResolution

• Returns
• The page resolution, in pixels per inch.

lastPageFirst

public abstract boolean lastPageFirst()

• Returns
• true if pages are printed in reverse order; false otherwise.

See Also

Dimension, Graphics, PrintGraphics, Toolkit