Cups4j
Cups4j — the Java printing library for CUPS.
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Importing
This library is available on the Maven Central repository, here.
To import and use cups4j in your project, add the following dependency in your pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.cups4j</groupId>
<artifactId>cups4j</artifactId>
<version>0.7.6</version>
</dependency>Usage
Basic usage
CupsClient cupsClient = new CupsClient();
CupsPrinter cupsPrinter = cupsClient.getDefaultPrinter();
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream("test-file.pdf");
PrintJob printJob = new PrintJob.Builder(inputStream).build();
PrintRequestResult printRequestResult = cupsPrinter.print(printJob);Connect to custom host
CupsClient cupsClient = new CupsClient("127.0.0.1", 631);Get specific printer by URL
URL printerURL = new URL("http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/printer-name");
CupsPrinter cupsPrinter = cupsClient.getPrinter(printerURL);Add extra PrintJob attributes
Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<>();
attributes.put("compression", "none");
attributes.put("job-attributes", "print-quality:enum:3#fit-to-page:boolean:true#sheet-collate:keyword:collated");
PrintJob printJob = new PrintJob.Builder(bytes)
.jobName("job-name")
.userName("user-name")
.copies(2)
.pageRanges("1-3")
.duplex(false)
.portrait(false)
.color(true)
.pageFormat("iso-a4")
.resolution("300dpi")
.attributes(attributes)
.build();