Image I/O

java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/whatis.html

API docs package javax.imageio

Speech

Programmer's guide at java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/forDevelopers/jsapi-guide/Preface.html

Logging

Overview at java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/docs/guide/util/logging/overview.html

API docs package java.util.logging

Communication ports (serial port)

See the home page at java.sun.com/products/javacomm/

The home page has a pointer to a user guide.

Printing

What Java calls “printing” is actually “painting GUI objects onto paper”. Be careful not to mistakenly read information on the older print APIs.

java.sun.com/printing/

API User Guide: java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jps/spec/JPSTOC.fm.html

API docs package javax.print. The API docs contain a small printing example.