When using the IlvManagerPrintableDocument class, you do not have to create pages and add them in the document. This class will create the pages for you, depending on the parameters you specify for the document.

The following code creates an instance of IlvManagerPrintableDocument to print the area (0,0,500,500) of a manager in five columns:

IlvManagerPrintableDocument document = new IlvPrintableManagerDocument 
                                       ("My Document", view);
document.setColumnCount(5);
document.setPrintArea(new IlvRect(0,0,500,500));

Number of Pages

The number of pages is determined by the number of rows and columns that you specify.

To print the manager in one page, you can set the number of rows and the number of columns to 1.

Area to Print

The area of the manager to print is specified by the setPrintArea and getPrintArea methods. When no print area has been specified, then the printed area will be the full area of the manager. To reset the area to print to the full area of the manager, you can simply call:

document.setPrintArea(null);

Zoom Level for Printing

The contents of the manager may be graphically different when a different zoom level is used, in particular when the manager contains nonzoomable objects. Thus, when printing the manager, you may need to specify the zoom level used for printing. By default, the contents of the manager are printed using the identity affine transform (that is, the zoom level 1).