How to do fast draft print in dotmatrix printers using Java?

[Gireeshnemath]

Hi all,
I am doing an inventory software using Java. While printing receipts and bills, I need to get printout in draft mode in dotmatrix printer inorder to get faster and cheaper print out. (just like plain old DOS mode printing) Is there any such provision in Java? If anybody know, pls help..

Thanking you all in advance,
Gireesh.

 

[stefanwagner]

I didn't test it, so perhaps this is completely nonesense:

Print to System.out, and redirect it to the printer.
On my System this would be:

java DotPrinter | lpr

On a more dos-like System:

java DotPrinter > LPR
java DotPrinter > PRN

Perhaps specifying the printer as Outputstream in the program itself is possible too?



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[Gireeshnemath]

Ya. It works. But I need to print from the application itself...

Thanx n regds,
Gireesh

 

[sedj]

Depending on the printer, you can just open a socket to the printer if it is networked, and dump the data down the pipe to it.
For example, this works on an HP 8100 using the jetdirect port :

Socket s = new Socket("printer_1", 9100);
OutputStream os = s.getOutputStream();
os.write("Hello World".getBytes());
os.flush();
os.close();
s.close();

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