[Solved]-Eclipse Project Printing-eclipse

eclipse does a terrible job printing on windows. but there is an excellent version of enscript that works for windows and does great printouts. you have to set it up as an external tool which is a bit of a bear, but once it's setup it works well.this how i installed it on xp.

1. download and install enscript for windows
   http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/downlinks/enscript-src.php

2. create an external tool for running enscript in eclipse
   
   goto eclipse, run -> configure external tools.
   add a tool (icon looks lie a miniature document with +)
   name it "run enscript". configure as follows:

   • main tab
     location : browse to the enscript executable. should be in:
     c:\program files\gnuwin32\bin\enscript.exe
     working directory: leave empty
     arguments: --header=${resource_name} -p "${workspace_loc}\${project_name}\print.ps" "${resource_loc}"
     (these options will create a postscript file named print.ps at the top level of your project from the currently selected window.)

   • build tab
     clear "build before launch" or it will try to rebuild your project each time you print..

3. send the file to the printer
   
   you need to find a way to send the file to the printer. several utilities to do that, but since i had a postscript capable printer all i had to do is to share it under windows, and copy the file to the share name. i automated this by adding another external tool, named "send ps file to printer"

   • main tab
     location: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
     working directory: leave empty
     arguments: /c copy "${workspace_loc}\${project_name}\print.ps" \\your-machine-name-here\your-printer-share-name-here
     (this will pick up the file we just created and send it to the printer)
   • build tab
     clear "build before launch"

voila, two clicks to run the tools one after the other and it prints clean. you can configure it further by adding enscript options to the argument line. here are a few useful ones:
- specify a slightly smaller font size (default is 10): -f courier8
- truncate lines instead of wrapping: -c
- precede line with its line number: -c