PSPrinterJob.PluginPrinter

Class Overview

PluginPrinter generates EPSF wrapped with a header and trailer comment. This conforms to the new requirements of Mozilla 1.7 and FireFox 1.5 and later. Earlier versions of these browsers did not support plugin printing in the general sense (not just Java). A notable limitation of these browsers is that they handle plugins which would span page boundaries by scaling plugin content to fit on a single page. This means white space is left at the bottom of the previous page and its impossible to print these cases as they appear on the web page. This is contrast to how the same browsers behave on Windows where it renders as on-screen. Cases where the content fits on a single page do work fine, and they are the majority of cases. The scaling that the browser specifies to make the plugin content fit when it is larger than a single page can hold is non-uniform. It scales the axis in which the content is too large just enough to ensure it fits. For content which is extremely long this could lead to noticeable distortion. However that is probably rare enough that its not worth compensating for that here, but we can revisit that if needed, and compensate by making the scale for the other axis the same.

Summary

[Expand] Inherited Constants
From interface java.awt.print.Printable int NO_SUCH_PAGE Returned from print to signify that the pageIndex is too large and that the requested page does not exist. int PAGE_EXISTS Returned from print(Graphics, PageFormat, int) to signify that the requested page was rendered.

[Expand] Inherited Methods
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this object. boolean equals(Object obj) Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. void finalize() Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the runtime class of this Object. int hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object. final void notify() Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor. final void notifyAll() Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor. String toString() Returns a string representation of the object. final void wait() Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object. final void wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the current thread to wait until another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or some other thread interrupts the current thread, or a certain amount of real time has elapsed. final void wait(long timeout) Causes the current thread to wait until either another thread invokes the notify() method or the notifyAll() method for this object, or a specified amount of time has elapsed.
From interface java.awt.print.Printable abstract int print(Graphics graphics, PageFormat pageFormat, int pageIndex) Prints the page at the specified index into the specified Graphics context in the specified format.