Print Word documents in Java using a free API

This tutorial will introduce two methods to print word documents using Java codes. In the process of printing documents, you can set the paper size, copies and whether to show print dialog.

I used a free third-party library called Free Spire.Doc for Java in this sample. Before running codes, you need to add Spire.Doc.jar in the library to IDEA. Download the package from the link, and manually add it to IDEA or directly refer to it using the following configuration in the Maven pom.xml.

<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<url>http://repo.e-iceblue.cn/repository/maven-public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>
<version>3.9.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

Print Word file

import com.spire.doc.Document;
import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
import java.awt.print.Paper;
import java.awt.print.PrinterException;
import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;

public class PrintFile {
    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 PrinterJob object
        PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

        //Create a PageFormat object and set it to the default size and orientation
        PageFormat pageFormat = printerJob.defaultPage();

        //Return a copy of the Paper object associated with this PageFormat
        Paper paper = pageFormat.getPaper();

        //Set the imageable area of this Paper
        paper.setImageableArea(0, 0, pageFormat.getWidth(), pageFormat.getHeight());

        //Set the number of copies
        printerJob.setCopies(1);

        //Set the Paper object for this PageFormat
        pageFormat.setPaper(paper);

        //Call painter to render the pages in the specified format
        printerJob.setPrintable(document, pageFormat);

        //Execute print
        try {
            printerJob.print();
        } catch (PrinterException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}
New method to print Word
import com.spire.doc.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
public class NewMethodToPrint {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Load the sample document
        Document doc = new Document();
        doc.loadFromFile("Sample.docx");

        PrinterJob loPrinterJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        PageFormat loPageFormat = loPrinterJob.defaultPage();

        //set the paper size
        Paper loPaper = loPageFormat.getPaper();
        loPaper.setSize(600, 500);
        loPageFormat.setPaper(loPaper);

        //remove the default margin
        loPaper.setImageableArea(0, 0, loPageFormat.getWidth(), loPageFormat.getHeight());
        //set copies
        loPrinterJob.setCopies(1);
        loPrinterJob.setPrintable(doc, loPageFormat);
        //set the print dialog
        if (loPrinterJob.printDialog()) {
            //print the word document
            try {
                loPrinterJob.print();
            } catch (PrinterException e)

            {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}