Printing from JSP

[Gobind Singh]

I have a web page with a hyper link on it labeled 'PRINT'

The requirment is that the print link needs to send a document to a printer via CUPS on linux.
The document is stored on disk (within the directory structure of the web server).

I am using Jonas web server (which uses Tomcat for its servlet container) installed on Linux.


Any ideas on how I can do this? Is there a printing API for web applications that I need to use?

The steps that i need to take are:

1.user clicks on the PRINT link
2.Servlet determines the session id of the user
3.Servlet grabs the document associated with the session Id from disk
4.Servlet sends the document to a printer via CUPS

[Bear Bibeault]

Where is this printer connected?

[Gobind Singh]

The printer is on another server.

[Bear Bibeault]

Is prinintg server-to-server a feature of CUPS (with which I am unfamiliar)? It's not a feature of any servlet container.

[Ben Souther]

Containers don't provide any printing functionality but a Google search for "java.awt.print.PrinterJob" and "lookupPrintServices" will bring up plenty of information for finding and using printers in a Java App.

[Gobind Singh]

Thanks, I followed your suggestion and found some good examples.
Hopefully I will be able to incorporate them into my webapp.