Get Installed Printer List using Java, Print a file with default Printer

This post shows that how can we get installed printers list using PrintServiceLookup class


Implementations of this class provide lookup services for print services

Launching browser print dialog using simple javascript function in ADF

Hello All ,
This posts talks about a requirement of printing a simple page (not much component as, form,tree,etc & not much data)
you can use a simple one liner javascript function to invoke browser's print dialog.

• there is a page with Departments table on it, and a button to print this page

• Called this simple javascript function on button click to open print dialog



window.print();



• to execute javascript through managed bean use this method 





    /**Method to execute Javascript
     * @param javascriptCode
     */
    public static void runJavaScriptCode(String javascriptCode) {
        FacesContext facesCtx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
        ExtendedRenderKitService service = Service.getRenderKitService(facesCtx, ExtendedRenderKitService.class);
        service.addScript(facesCtx, javascriptCode);
    }



• click on print button- In Google Chrome

In Mozilla-

after printing, the page look like this

Sample ADF Application- Download
Cheers :-)