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| Chapter 18 The java.awt Package |

## 18.50 java.awt.PrintGraphics (JDK 1.1)

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The `Graphics` object returned by the `getGraphics()` method of `PrintJob` always implements this `PrintGraphics` interface. You can use this fact to distinguish a `Graphics` object that draws to the screen from one that generates hardcopy. This is a useful thing to do in a `paint()` method when you want to generate hardcopy that differs somewhat from what is displayed on-screen.

The `getPrintJob()` method defined by this interface can also be used, of course, to return the `PrintJob` with which the `PrintGraphics` object is associated.

    public abstract interface PrintGraphics {
        // Public Instance Methods
                public abstract PrintJob getPrintJob();
    }

java.awt.PopupMenu (JDK 1.1) |  | java.awt.PrintJob (JDK 1.1)