PDF Java print : job sent in printer jobs queue but nothing prints

Question

I am trying to print a PDF document.
I can see the job in the printer queue, and then I see it disappear, like if the printer had finished its job.

But the prob

Answer 1

I know it is a bit late to answer but since I had the same problem I think it can help others to post my solution.

I have faced this problem on Windows (7), but not on Linux (Fedora), so my first action was to check the drivers setup.

Then, I saw that PDFs are not native processed by many printers. It is accepted but nothing is printed. From this, several solutions can be chosen:

1. Transform the PDF to a PS or something like that before sending it to the printer.
2. Use third-party lib, like Apache PdfBox (current version is 2.0.2).

I chose solution 2 and it works like a charm. The nice thing in this is that it also uses PrintService, with attributes, so you can deal with pages, printer trays and many options.

Here is a part of my code:

private boolean print(PrintService printService, InputStream inputStream, PrintRequestAttributeSet attributes)
    throws PrintException {

    try {
        PDDocument pdf = PDDocument.load(inputStream);
        PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        job.setPrintService(printService);
        job.setPageable(new PDFPageable(pdf));
        job.print(attributes);
        pdf.close();
    } catch (PrinterException e) {
        logger.error("Error when printing PDF file using the printer {}", printService.getName(), e);
        throw new PrintException("Printer exception", e);
    } catch (IOException e) {
        logger.error("Error when loading PDF from input stream", e);
        throw new PrintException("Input exception", e);
    }
    return true;
}

Hope this helps.