Question: I have a requirement to print data exactly in a particular position in paper. How can these kind of formatting be done using Java?

Answer: 
[Jasper](http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/), [iText](http://itextpdf.com/) will work for you.
Or use the Java print API:

<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mer0322/index.html> 

<http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-mer0424.html>