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Print PDF file from Java API

 
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I am using iText to creating PDF files. How do I print the created PDF from Java application (i.e. Application Server)? Is there any good open source?
 
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Hi Venkat,

I found some info about this:

http://itext.ugent.be/library/faq.php
 
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Thanks for the info. I am looking for pure java API solution which is platform independent.
 
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The https://pdf-renderer.dev.java.net/ library can do a number of things that may be helpful with printing PDFs.
 
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Thanks Ulf. Found the solution using PDF Renderer. I have documented my findings here.
http://venkatsadasivam.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/java-print-pdf/
 
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Well done Venkat and thanks for posting a link to your findings
 
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