Sorry Phil, - I was being vague.
I am using PrinterJob, not PrintJob.
My problem is that I cannot read the 'Properties' setting from Windows
(e.g. to see which orienation the user has set in the print dialog)
So I prompt the user to ask if the printer is set to Portrait or Landscape,
then the call setOrientation(PageFormat.LANDSCAPE) (or PORTRAIT as
appropriate).
Now, I've seen bug number "4067405 - PrintJob disregards properties" and
(perhaps incorrectly) assumed that my problem was the same bug - though as
you say, one is AWT and and one is Java2D.
Apparently this is only a problem on Win32 (but not using Solaris I
couldn't say).
Are you saying that Java2D CAN check how the page is setup or how many
copies the user chose to print? Maybe I stopped trying too soon when I saw
the above bug?
PT
At 10:14 14/05/99 -0700, Phil Race wrote:
>Paul,
>
>There are two printer APIs now in JDK.
>
>- The "1.1 Printing API" which can only handle 1.1 graphics.
>
>- The new "2D printing API" which is java.awt.print.PrinterJob and friends.
>
>So java.awt.PrintJob is part of the "1.1 Printing API" and so isn't
>related to 2D printing.
>
>I am aware of a proposal by the AWT group to implement what you are asking
for,
>and additional related features, but I don't believe any decisions have
>been taken. It certainly won't appear in the next maintenance release.
>
>BTW there is a bug with setting page orientation on the 1.2 printing api too,
>but I know that one is fixed for LANDSCAPE in the upcoming maintenance
>release.
>
>-Phil.
>
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>> Can anyone (at Sun) throw any light on when PrintJob will work properly on
>> Win32 (ie let us read and set print properties such as page orientation.
>>
>> Last time I looked it was #6 on the Top20 bug list, but there's been no
>> comment from Sun for almost a year!.
>>
>> PT
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