#How to enable Jasper Reports Printing on Linux

#Expected Behavior

Jasper Reports can be printed on Linux.

#Solution

Under Unix type OS deployment Jasper Reports are looking for jasperreports.properties file for the configuration purposes.

The path to file can be specified by adding a System Property of the application's VM args like in following example: -Dnet.sf.jasperreports.properties=${webswing.rootDir}/apps/WebswingDemo/jasperreports.properties

Following content has to be in the jasperreports.properties file: net.sf.jasperreports.awt.check.available.printers=false