RFR: 8297191: [macos] Printing a page range with starting page > 1 results in missing pages [v2]

[eduardsdv]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:20:18 GMT, Alexey Ivanov <aivanov at openjdk.org> wrote:

> > Now, only the `CPrinterJob.javaPrinterJobToNSPrintInfo()` is responsible for passing of `PageRange` to macOS. The `PrinterView.knowsPageRanges()` just returns the number of available pages.
> 
> Can we do it the opposite way? This is what I'm asking about.
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> Report the correct page range to macOS (as it's used to be done) but stop applying this range again on the Java side.

Hm, I'm afraid I don't really understand what you're trying to achieve. The error occurred because the wrong number of pages was passed to macOS. This now fixed and done in the ``knowsPageRanges()`` method, which is the API defined by the macOS.

For the case that a Swing print dialog, a custom dialog or no dialog at all is used, Java defines an API for printing particular pages: the ``PageRanges`` class. This information is passed to macOS via ``NSPrintInfo``, which is filled in ``CPrinterJob.javaPrinterJobToNSPrintInfo()`` including the intended page range.

I don't see how it could be done in the opposite way.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11266#issuecomment-3559220600