The best replacement for printwriter is printstream.

The best alternatives to printwriter are rated as following:
★★★★★  printstream
★★★★★  bufferedwriter
★★★★  filewriter java
★★★  dataoutputstream
★★★  outputstreamwriter
★★★  jspwriter
★★  system.out.println
★  outputstream
  servletoutputstream
  filewriter

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Speaking about printwriter, one probably shouldn't forget about append.

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