In Java how do I change or set a default printer

Question

I know how to get the list of available printers, I want users to be able to select from a list and set that to the default for the session

Using Windows 7

I know that this is easily done I just want to create a simple java program a: To increase my knowledge b: Teachers here are very adverse to playing with printing properties

Thanks for your help in advance

Answer 1

You know how to get list of all printers then you want set a default printer.

ok this code will help you can Pass Name of printer which you want to set as default printer where "MYPRINTER" .replace it with name of printer.

PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
    PrintService[] printServices = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null);
    System.out.println("Number of printers configured: " + printServices.length);
    for (PrintService printer : printServices) {
        System.out.println("Printer: " + printer.getName());
        if (printer.getName().equals("***MYPRINTER***")) {
            try {
                pj.setPrintService(printer);
            } catch (PrinterException ex) {
            }
        }
    }

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Answer 2

This program works in Eclipse.

import java.awt.print.PageFormat;

import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;

public class PrinterSetup 
{

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
    {
        PrinterJob pjob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        PageFormat pf = pjob.defaultPage();
        pjob.setPrintable(null, pf);

        if (pjob.printDialog()) {
          pjob.print();
        }
    }
}