Java:Print using Apache POI?

Question

How can i print Ms Office documents using Apache POI ?Can u provide me an example?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '11 at 05:34

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You can't. POI is a text extraction/load/save/manipulator of data. It isn't designed for rendering a graphical rendition, and hence cannot print.

answered Jun 10 '11 at 05:34

MJB

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '11 at 05:22

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Does it have to be Apache POI? Can you use Apache FOP instead.

answered Jun 10 '11 at 05:22

Piyush Mattoo

can you provide me any example? – Harinder Jun 10 '11 at 05:42
docx4j uses fop to print docx, so see that for an example. you'd have considerable work to do to achieve the same for pptx and xlsx however. If Microsoft Office is not installed, you might consider using LibreOffice. – JasonPlutext Jun 10 '11 at 23:33

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