Source Code : Printing Tables Sample : JTable « Swing « Java Tutorial

The print() method returns a boolean, so you can discover if the user canceled the operation.

import javax.swing.*;

import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.event.*;

import java.awt.print.*;

public class TablePrint {

 public static void main(String args[]) {

 final Object rows[][] = {

 {"one", "1"},

 {"two", "2"},

 {"three", "3"},

 {"four", "4"},

 {"one", "1"},

 {"two", "2"},

 {"three", "3"},

 {"four", "4"},

 {"one", "1"},

 {"two", "2"},

 {"three", "3"},

 {"four", "4"},

 {"one", "1"},

 {"two", "2"},

 {"three", "3"},

 {"four", "4"},

 };

 final Object headers[] = {"English", "#"};

 JFrame frame = new JFrame("Table Printing");

 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

 final JTable table = new JTable(rows, headers);

 JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);

 frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);

 JButton button = new JButton("Print");

 ActionListener printAction = new ActionListener() {

 public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

 try {

 table.print();

 } catch (PrinterException pe) {

 System.err.println("Error printing: " + pe.getMessage());

 }

 }

 };

 button.addActionListener(printAction);

 frame.add(button, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

 frame.setSize(300, 150);

 frame.setVisible(true);

 }

}