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Posted to users@tomcat.apache.org by JB...@silenus.com on 2001/08/21 22:13:05 UTC
JSP/Servlet Printing
This is a question I posted in Sun's Java Forums and got no replies. I
really need a solution and was hoping someone in this group could help out.
I have an Apache/Tomcat webserver on a standalone touchscreen kiosk. The
customer would like a print button on every jsp and, when touched by the
user, would like the page printed. How do I do this?
1. I've tried the javascript print() method but I DON'T want the print
dialog to appear. I want to print directly to the default printer. Is
there a way to bypass the print dialog?
2. Also, in the servlet, I've tried to populate a JEditorPane with the html
and print it using the awt.print stuff. But that doesn't work. Is there a
trick to getting that working within a servlet?
Does anybody know how I can accomplish this by using the two approaches
I've listed or any other way?
Thanks,
JEB