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Print Word Document in Java

Printing Word document is one of the most common requirements in our daily work. In this article, I will introduce how to print a Word document to a physic printer and a virtual printer.

The required library:

Free Spire.Doc for Java

Print a Word document to a physic printer

import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.ms.System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings;

public class PrintWord {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //load a Word document that you want to print
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\DocoumentToPrint.docx");

        //create a PrinterSettings object
        PrinterSettings printerSettings = new PrinterSettings();

        //specify printer name
        printerSettings.setPrinterName("\\\\192.168.1.104\\HP LaserJet P1007");

        //set copies to print
        printerSettings.setCopies((short) 1);

        //set the page range to print
        printerSettings.setFromPage(2);
        printerSettings.setToPage(4);

        //apply printer settings
        document.getPrintDocument().setPrinterSettings(printerSettings);

        //execute print
        document.getPrintDocument().print();
    }
}

Print a Word document to a virtual printer 

import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.ms.System.Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings;
 
public class PrintWord {
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
 
        //load a Word document that you want to print
        Document document = new Document();
        document.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\ToPrint.docx");
 
        //create a PrinterSettings object
        PrinterSettings printerSettings = new PrinterSettings();
 
        //specify virtual printer name
        printerSettings.setPrinterName("Microsoft Print to PDF");
 
        //print to file
        printerSettings.setPrintToFile(true);
 
        //specify path and name of the printed file
        printerSettings.setPrintFileName("output/PrintToPDF.pdf");
 
        //apply printer settings
        document.getPrintDocument().setPrinterSettings(printerSettings);
 
        //execute print
        document.getPrintDocument().print();
    }
}


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