Printers.java

package edu.stanford.hci.r3.printing;

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.print.PrintServiceLookup;

public class Printers {

        public static Printer getDefaultPrinter() {
                return new Printer(PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService());
        }

        public static void print(File f) {
                if (!Desktop.isDesktopSupported()
                                || !Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.PRINT)) {
                        System.err.println("Printers: Cannot print the file, because "
                                        + "Java 1.6 Desktop printing is not supported.");
                        return;
                }

                // use the system's default printing mechanism
                try {
                        Desktop.getDesktop().print(f);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }
        }
}

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