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();

    }

}