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copied!<p>I'm trying to send a simple string ("Hello world") to the printer, but for some reason, it only prints the first character ("H")</p> <p>Here's the code</p> <pre><code>public class CardPrinter { public static void main(String[] args) { try { PrintService mPrinter = null; Boolean bFoundPrinter = false; PrintService[] printServices = PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices(); // // Iterates the print services and print out its name. // for (PrintService printService : printServices) { String sPrinterName = printService.getName(); if (sPrinterName.equals("DTC4000 Card Printer")) { mPrinter = printService; bFoundPrinter = true; } } // Open the image file String testData = "Hello World !"; InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(testData.getBytes()); DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE ; // Find the default service PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService(); System.out.println(service); // Create the print job DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob(); Doc doc= new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null); // Monitor print job events; for the implementation of PrintJobWatcher, PrintJobWatcher pjDone = new PrintJobWatcher(job); // Print it job.print(doc, null); // Wait for the print job to be done pjDone.waitForDone(); // It is now safe to close the input stream is.close(); } catch (PrintException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } static class PrintJobWatcher { // true iff it is safe to close the print job's input stream boolean done = false; PrintJobWatcher(DocPrintJob job) { // Add a listener to the print job job.addPrintJobListener(new PrintJobAdapter() { public void printJobCanceled(PrintJobEvent pje) { allDone(); } public void printJobCompleted(PrintJobEvent pje) { allDone(); } public void printJobFailed(PrintJobEvent pje) { allDone(); } public void printJobNoMoreEvents(PrintJobEvent pje) { allDone(); } void allDone() { synchronized (PrintJobWatcher.this) { done = true; PrintJobWatcher.this.notify(); } } }); } public synchronized void waitForDone() { try { while (!done) { wait(); } } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } } </code></pre> <p>Any ideas?</p>

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