[java] How to print strings with line breaks in java

I need to print a string using java so I fond the following solution After googled a lot. I have done some changes to print the string without showing the print dialog. My problem is although this method prints the string properly it doesn't breaks the lines as I have defined. Please tell me how to print strings with line breaks.

public class PrintBill implements Printable {

    private static final String mText = "SHOP MA\n"
            + "----------------------------\n"
            + "Pannampitiya\n"
            + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n"
            + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n"
            + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n"
            + "____________________________\n";

    private static final AttributedString mStyledText = new AttributedString(mText);

    static public void main(String args[]) throws PrinterException {
        PrinterService ps = new PrinterService();
        PrintService pss = ps.getCheckPrintService("Samsung-ML-2850D-2");//get the printer service by printer name


        PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
        printerJob.setPrintService(pss);

        Book book = new Book();
        book.append(new PrintBill(), new PageFormat());       

        printerJob.setPageable(book);


        try {
            printerJob.print();
            System.out.println(printerJob.getPrintService().getName());
            System.out.println("Print compleated..");
        } catch (PrinterException exception) {
            System.err.println("Printing error: " + exception);
            exception.printStackTrace();
        }

    @Override
    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex) {
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;

        g2d.translate(format.getImageableX(), format.getImageableY());

        g2d.setPaint(Color.black);        

        Point2D.Float pen = new Point2D.Float();
        AttributedCharacterIterator charIterator = mStyledText.getIterator();
        LineBreakMeasurer measurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(charIterator, g2d.getFontRenderContext());
        float wrappingWidth = (float) format.getImageableWidth();

        while (measurer.getPosition() < charIterator.getEndIndex()) {
            TextLayout layout = measurer.nextLayout(wrappingWidth);
            pen.y += layout.getAscent();
            float dx = layout.isLeftToRight() ? 0 : (wrappingWidth - layout.getAdvance());
            layout.draw(g2d, pen.x + dx, pen.y);
            pen.y += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();

        }
        return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
    }
}

printer service providing class

public class PrinterService {

    public PrintService getCheckPrintService(String printerName) {
        PrintService ps = null;
        DocFlavor doc_flavor = DocFlavor.STRING.TEXT_PLAIN;
        PrintRequestAttributeSet attr_set =
                new HashPrintRequestAttributeSet();

        attr_set.add(new Copies(1));
        attr_set.add(Sides.ONE_SIDED);
        PrintService[] service = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(doc_flavor, attr_set);

        for (int i = 0; i < service.length; i++) {
            System.out.println(service[i].getName());
            if (service[i].getName().equals(printerName)) {
                ps = service[i];
            }
        }
        return ps;
    }
}

Adding /r/n between the Strings solved the problem for me. give it a try. On pasting dont include the '//' for excluding.

Eg: Option01\r\nOption02\r\nOption03

this will give output as
Option01
Option02
Option03

private static final String mText = "SHOP MA" + "\n" +
        + "----------------------------" + "\n" +
        + "Pannampitiya" + newline +
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001" + "\n" +
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount" + "\n" +
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00" + "\n" +
        + "____________________________" + "\n";

This should work.

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");
System.out.println("First line" + newline);
System.out.println("Second line" + newline);
System.out.println("Third line");

You can try using StringBuilder: -

    final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

    sb.append("SHOP MA\n");
    sb.append("----------------------------\n");
    sb.append("Pannampitiya\n");
    sb.append("09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n");
    sb.append("No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n");
    sb.append("1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n");
    sb.append("____________________________\n");

    // To use StringBuilder as String.. Use `toString()` method..
    System.out.println(sb.toString());   

I think you are making it too complex. AttributedString is used when you want to store attributes - in Printing Context. But You are storing data inside that. AttributedString

Simply, store your data into Document object and pass properties like Font, Bold, Italic everything in AttributedString.

Hope this will be helpful A quick tutorial And In depth tutorial

package test2;

public class main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        vehical vehical1 = new vehical("civic", "black","2012");
        System.out.println(vehical1.name+"\n"+vehical1.colour+"\n"+vehical1.model);
    }
}

Use String buffer.

  final StringBuffer mText = new StringBuffer("SHOP MA\n"
        + "----------------------------\n"
        + "Pannampitiya\n"
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001\n"
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount\n"
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00\n"
        + "____________________________\n");

Do this way:-

String newline = System.getProperty("line.separator");

private static final String mText = "SHOP MA" + newline +
        + "----------------------------" + newline +
        + "Pannampitiya" + newline +
        + "09-10-2012 harsha  no: 001" + newline +
        + "No  Item  Qty  Price  Amount" + newline +
        + "1 Bread 1 50.00  50.00" + newline +
        + "____________________________" + newline;