Changing default paper size for Java apps

[Tony Pursell]

Hi Liam

On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 13:15 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The printer preferences in System | Administration | Printing lets you
> > change the default paper size for each printer, but some apps don't
> > respect this, including Firefox, XulRunner - and the JVM.
> >
> > I've found how to set the default paper size using the "about:config"
> > URL in Firefox and XulRunner, but is there any way to change the
> > default paper size used by the JVM? I've Googled but all I'm finding
> > is stuff about memory page sizes, which is irrelevant.
> 
> Nobody have any ideas at all?

Not being any sort of programmer/techie, I wouldn't have a clue, but it
might help if you gave us an example of how and where the jvm uses its
own default paper size, and what it does, e.g what size it uses.

Having said that, a quick Google (java printing), seems to suggest that
the job of setting up printer preferences lies with the java program and
not the jvm, and if no printer dialogue is called, then java will use
your default printer with default settings (System > Administration >
Printing, right click on default printer > Properties > Printer
Options). But that's not your experience, is it?

Tony