javaprintingepsonreceipt

How to cut paper after printing is done on Epson?


I have problem with cutting paper. I have Epson TM-T20 Receipt, and trying to cut paper after printing is done. I found somewhere that this is code for cutting byte[] bytes = { 27, 100, 3 }, but it's not working.

Below is code I'm using for printing.

public static void printer(String printerData, Boolean bill) throws IOException {
    try {
        PrintService[] printServices = PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices();

        String testData = printerData + "\r";
        ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        byte[] bytes = { 27, 100, 3 }; //Code for cutting
        outputStream.write(testData.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));
        outputStream.write(bytes);
        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(outputStream.toByteArray());
        DocFlavor flavor = DocFlavor.INPUT_STREAM.AUTOSENSE;

        PrintService service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
        System.out.println(service);

        DocPrintJob job = service.createPrintJob();

        Doc doc = new SimpleDoc(is, flavor, null);

        PrintJobWatcher pjDone = new PrintJobWatcher(job);

        job.print(doc, null);

        pjDone.waitForDone();

        is.close();
    } catch (PrintException e) {
        Writer fw = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("log.txt", true), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(bw);
        e.printStackTrace(writer);
        writer.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        Writer fw = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("log.txt", true), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
        PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(bw);
        e.printStackTrace(writer);
        writer.close();
    }
}

Solution

  • Problem with this was fact that just string was sent to printer, not information about printing status. So, class and method is completely changed.

    public class Printing implements Printable {
    
        private String stringToPrint;
    
        public Printing(String stringToPrint) {
            this.stringToPrint = stringToPrint;
        }
    
        @Override
        public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex) throws PrinterException {
            if (pageIndex >= 1) {
                return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
            }
            g.setColor(Color.black);
            g.setFont(new Font(Font.MONOSPACED, Font.PLAIN, 10));
            g.translate(0, 0);
            int x = 0;
            int y = 100;
            //
            for (String line : stringToPrint.split("\n")) {
                g.drawString(line, x, y += g.getFontMetrics().getHeight());
            }
    
            return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
        }
        public static void printer(String printerData, String designatedPrinter)
            throws IOException, PrinterException {
            try {
    
                PrintService printService = PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService();
                PrintService designatedService = null;
                PrintService[] printServices = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null);
                AttributeSet aset = new HashAttributeSet();
                aset = new HashAttributeSet();
                aset.add(ColorSupported.NOT_SUPPORTED);
                String printers = "";
                for (int i = 0; i < printServices.length; i++) {
                    printers += " service found " + printServices[i].getName() + "\n";
                }
                for (int i = 0; i < printServices.length; i++) {
                    System.out.println(" service found " + printServices[i].getName());
                    if (printServices[i].getName().equalsIgnoreCase(designatedPrinter)) {
                        System.out.println("I want this one: " + printServices[i].getName());
                        designatedService = printServices[i];
                        break;
                    }
                }
                Writer fw = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("printing.txt"), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
                PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(bw);
                writer.print(printers);
                writer.close();
                PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
                pj.setPrintService(designatedService);
                Printable painter;
    
                // Specify the painter
                painter = new Printing(printerData);
                pj.setPrintable(painter);
                pj.print();
    
            } catch (PrinterException e) {
                Writer fw = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream("log.txt", true), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                BufferedWriter bw = new BufferedWriter(fw);
                PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(bw);
                e.printStackTrace(writer);
                writer.close();
            }
        }
    
       }