I need to create a pdf file from plain text files. I supposed that the simplest method would be read these files and print them to a PDF printer. My problem is that if I print to a pdf printer, the result will be an empty pdf file. If I print to Microsoft XPS Document Writer, the file is created in plain text format, not in oxps format. I would be satisfied with a two or three step solution. (Eg. converting to xps first then to pdf using ghostscript, or something similar). I have tried a couple of pdf printers such as: CutePDF, Microsoft PDF writer, Bullzip PDF. The result is the same for each one.
The environment is Java 1.7/1.8 Win10
private void print() {
try {
DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PRINTABLE;
PrintRequestAttributeSet patts = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
PrintService[] ps = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(flavor, patts);
if (ps.length == 0) {
throw new IllegalStateException("No Printer found");
}
System.out.println("Available printers: " + Arrays.asList(ps));
PrintService myService = null;
for (PrintService printService : ps) {
if (printService.getName().equals("Microsoft XPS Document Writer")) { //
myService = printService;
break;
}
}
if (myService == null) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Printer not found");
}
myService.getSupportedDocFlavors();
DocPrintJob job = myService.createPrintJob();
FileInputStream fis1 = new FileInputStream("o:\\k\\t1.txt");
Doc pdfDoc = new SimpleDoc(fis1, DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE, null);
HashPrintRequestAttributeSet pr = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
pr.add(OrientationRequested.PORTRAIT);
pr.add(new Copies(1));
pr.add(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4);
PrintJobWatcher pjw = new PrintJobWatcher(job);
job.print(pdfDoc, pr);
pjw.waitForDone();
fis1.close();
} catch (PrintException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Docparser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (Exception ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Docparser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
class PrintJobWatcher {
boolean done = false;
PrintJobWatcher(DocPrintJob job) {
job.addPrintJobListener(new PrintJobAdapter() {
public void printJobCanceled(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobCompleted(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobFailed(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
public void printJobNoMoreEvents(PrintJobEvent pje) {
allDone();
}
void allDone() {
synchronized (PrintJobWatcher.this) {
done = true;
System.out.println("Printing done ...");
PrintJobWatcher.this.notify();
}
}
});
}
public synchronized void waitForDone() {
try {
while (!done) {
wait();
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
}
