Printing Jpanel

[Talha-bin -Shakir]

I have a picture on a JPanel and the size of Panel is 700x440 I need to print this panel with the size of 243x154 as a card size. I used paper.setSize(243,154) but still its printing with the same 700x440 size. How I print this with the 243x154 size. If i save Panel or save picture with this size the quality of picture effected. So I have to print this 700x440 Panel with 253x154 size. Please anyone help. Here is my Code:

private void printCard(){

PrinterJob printjob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
printjob.setJobName(" TESSCO CUSTOMER CARD ");

printjob.setPrintable (new Printable() {

public int print(Graphics pg, PageFormat pf, int pageNum){

     Paper card = pf.getPaper();
     card.setSize(153, 243);
     pf.setPaper(card);

if (pageNum > 0){
return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
}
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) pg;
g2.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());
g2.translate( 0f, 0f );
jLayeredPane2.paint(g2);
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
}
});
if (printjob.printDialog() == false)
return;

try {
        printjob.print();
      }
      catch (PrinterException ex) {
        System.out.println("NO PAGE FOUND."+ex);
      }
}

Thanks

[Rob Spoor]

Besides translating, you'll need to scale your graphics object as well.

[Talha-bin -Shakir]

i didn't get what do you mean should i need to scale like this:

g2.scale(243,154);

or

g2.scale(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());

I have tried both ways but still no result. so can you please elaborate in a bit detail for me thanks.

[Rob Spoor]

Your component is 700x440, your page is 253x154. The scale should therefore be the ratio between the two: 253 / 770 and 154 / 440. Remember to cast to float / double before dividing though, or both will be 0.