Java Printing page size problem

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1. Hi

   Thanks
   Tried the below code, but the printout ( re direction to XPS ) shrinks in size horizontally. How to set page size ( 3.14 by 50 inch SLEEK size ) using PrintRequestAttributeSet?

   If I use decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_FIT_TO_PRINTER_MARGINS); top portions of printouts got cut ) lost images/texts )

   //attributeSet.add(MediaSize.getMediaSizeForName(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4) ); is giving error

   Below is the code I used.
   ———————————-

   private static void printUsingJPedal() {
   //True won’t render it to screen
   PdfDecoder decodePdf = new PdfDecoder(true);

   try {
   decodePdf.openPdfFile(“FontTest.pdf”);
   FontMappings.setFontReplacements();
   } catch (Exception e) {
   //…
   }

   //Print Attributes
   PrintRequestAttributeSet attributeSet = new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();
   JobName jobName = new JobName(“Example Print”, null);
   attributeSet.add(jobName);

   //Adjusting print outputs
   try {
   decodePdf.setPrintAutoRotateAndCenter(true);
   //decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_FIT_TO_PRINTER_MARGINS);
   decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_NONE);
   decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_REDUCE_TO_PRINTER_MARGINS);
   decodePdf.setPagePrintRange(1, decodePdf.getPageCount());
   } catch (PdfException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
   }

   //attributeSet.add(MediaSize.getMediaSizeForName(MediaSizeName.ISO_A4) );
   //Choosing Default Printer
   PrintService defaultPrintService = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob().getPrintService();

   //Create Printable Object
   PdfBook pdfBook = new PdfBook(decodePdf, defaultPrintService, attributeSet);
   SimpleDoc doc = new SimpleDoc(pdfBook, DocFlavor.SERVICE_FORMATTED.PAGEABLE, null);

   DocPrintJob printJob = defaultPrintService.createPrintJob();

   try {
   printJob.print(doc, attributeSet);
   } catch (PrintException e) {
   //
   }
   }

2. Good questions and I will try to give a quick summary here. I usually like to answer questions like these on the support forum so other who may encounter similar problems can easily find the answers.

   To use a given paper size you will need to set the following flag.

   pdfBook.setUseExactPdfPageSize(true);

   On physical printers this may or may not work depending on what physical paper you actually have access to.
   There is also a method that will set the closest paper size two hat used in the pdf that the printer has support for.

   pdfBook.setChooseSourceByPdfPageSize(true);

   You should only use one of these two options.

   Also whilst I was running the code I was unable to reproduce the issue with missing content at the top of the page.

   Can you try my suggestions for correcting the paper size. If you have further questions please feel free to post them on our support forum.

   https://support.idrsolutions.com/forums/forum/java-pdf-library-support-forum/

   1. Thanks Kieran

      I tried pdfBook.setUseExactPdfPageSize(true) ;, it works, it neighther shrinks nor cut off top portions of the page. Used correct size.
      Looks this is better than what I used earlier, given below

      Earlier I tried this
      decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_NONE); // This avoided shrinking, but assumed A4 size and cut off top portion.

      Then I used both below decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode() & decodePdf.setPageFormat(), then it was fine.
      decodePdf.setPrintPageScalingMode(PrinterOptions.PAGE_SCALING_NONE); //This avoided shrinking
      decodePdf.setPageFormat(getPageFormat(“LEGAL LONG”)) ; //This set the corret size ( my page size was (3.14 by 50 ) and was not chopping off top portion.

      private static PageFormat getPageFormat(String receiptType) {
      PageFormat pageFormat = new PageFormat();
      pageFormat.setOrientation(PageFormat.PORTRAIT);
      Paper paper= pageFormat.getPaper();

      // default to A4 (8.3 * 11.7 inches)
      double paperWidth = 8.3;
      double paperHeight = 11.7;

      if (“SLEEK”.equalsIgnoreCase(receiptType)) {
      paperWidth = 3.14;
      paperHeight = 50;
      } else if (“LETTER”.equalsIgnoreCase(receiptType)) {
      paperWidth = 8.5;
      paperHeight = 11;
      } else if (“LEGAL”.equalsIgnoreCase(receiptType)) {
      paperWidth = 8.5;
      paperHeight = 14;
      }
      else if (“LEGAL LONG”.equalsIgnoreCase(receiptType)) {
      paperWidth = 3.14;
      paperHeight = 50;

      }
      else
      {

      paperWidth = 8.3;
      paperHeight = 11.7;

      }

      paper.setSize(paperWidth * 72.0, paperHeight * 72.0);
      paper.setImageableArea(0, 0, paper.getWidth(), paper.getHeight());
      pageFormat.setPaper(paper);
      return pageFormat;
      }

      Another thing, I observed was, If bigger size, than needed is used in decodePdf.setPageFormat(getPageFormat()
      ), then geeting full page without chopping off, but it takes longer time.

      So using the exact size and only as much size as required like pdfBook.setUseExactPdfPageSize(true) will give better performance.

      Regards
      Sridha. S

3. Different printers work in different ways which means that different approaches / settings can give different performance. It appears you have found the best approach for your printer now.

   If you have any other questions please feel free to post them on our support Forums.

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