FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java 1.6.0_10

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Windows Vista Business SP1

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Also observed on Windows XP

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
When printing JTable with renderers of any kind that use the font Font.SANS_SERIF, 11pt, PLAIN,  the characters in cells overlaps with each other (within the same cell)

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
See source code

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Displayed text in cells should not overlap
ACTUAL -
In many cases, particularly with upper case characters, text in completely garbled, with characters overlapping each other

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

---------- BEGIN SOURCE ----------
public static void main(String[] x)
  {
    try
    {
      JTable table = new JTable(1, 1);
      table.setValueAt("CURR ASSETS-CASH", 0, 0);
      table.setFont(new Font(Font.SANS_SERIF, Font.PLAIN, 11));
      /*text appears fine in table in option pane*/
      JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, new JScrollPane(table));
      /*text overlaps*/
      table.print();
      System.exit(0);
    }
    catch(PrinterException ex)
    {
      ex.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
---------- END SOURCE ----------

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
The only workaround is to use a font such as Lucida Sans or Tahoma which is somewhat similar but seems not to have the same problems when printing

Release Regression From : 6u7
The above release value was the last known release where this 
bug was not reproducible. Since then there has been a regression.