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Send report directly to printer
rajani_interwove
<p>Hi,</p><p> </p><p>When I run a report, I want to send my report directly to the default printer and print in PDF format.</p><p>I want to set number of copies to print too.</p><p> </p><p>Can anyone could help me on this.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks in advance.</p><p> </p><p>--Rajani</p>
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kclark
<p>You can try using the <span>&__action=print option in the URL.</span></p>
rajani_interwove
<p>Can you please share a sample report?</p><p> </p><p>Thanks</p><p>Rajani</p>
rajani_interwove
<p>Hi kclark,</p><p>Thank you for your responce.</p><p> </p><p>I am trying with java print service API, in report's afterRender event. I am getting error while I run this on BIRT designer.</p><p> </p><p>I have attached my test report. Could you please tell me where I am going wrong.</p><p> </p>
rajani_interwove
<p>Hi,</p><p> </p><p>I have a critical requirement. I have to send my report to printer.</p><p>I have to execute my report through url which has some parameters and __format=pdf.</p><p>Is it possible to send the report executing through browser, directly to printer?</p><p> </p><p>Below is my sample url:</p><p> </p><p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='
http://ns-poc:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__executableName=/PrintPDF/Report'>http://ns-poc:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__executableName=/PrintPDF/Report</a><a
data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='
http://ns-poc:8700/iportal/executereport.do?__executableName=/PrintPDF/Report'>
; Designs/PrintFromURL.rptdesign&serverURL=
http://NS-POC:8000&volume=ns-poc&invokeSubmit=true&__wait=wait&__newWindow=false&__format=pdf&userid=rajani&password=</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>When
I run this in browser, I could get pdf of the report, but I need to send it to the printer directly.</p><p> </p><p>Can anybody help me on this.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks and Regards,</p><p>Rajani Gunda</p>
marcolopes
<p>I use <strong>org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument</strong> to print the rendered PDF, and it works like a charm!</p>
<p> </p>
<p>pdfbox-1.6.0.jar</p>
<p>fontbox-1.6.0.jar</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='
https://github.com/marcolopes/dma/blob/master/org.dma.java/src/org/dma/java/awt/PrinterHandler.java'>https://github.com/marcolopes/dma/blob/master/org.dma.java/src/org/dma/java/awt/PrinterHandler.java</a></p>
;
<pre class="_prettyXprint">
/** Prints a PDF using apache pdfbox */
public void printPdf(File file) throws PrinterException, IOException {
PrinterJob job=createPrinterJob();
job.setJobName(file.getName());
try{
PDDocument doc=PDDocument.load(file);
try{
doc.silentPrint(job);
}catch(PrinterAbortException e){
//avoid abort exception
}catch(PrinterException e){
throw new PrinterException("Error while printing");
}finally{
doc.close();
}
}catch(IOException e){
throw new IOException("Error reading file "+file);
}
}
</pre>
