Here it is: it's a master report including a subreport; I reduced my problem to a very simple case where the subreport only prints 'CIAO' for many times, and on the left bottom side of the master page I count the page number: I post first the master jrxml, then the detail; thank you! G ------------------------------------ MASTER REPORT ------------------------------------------------------ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!-- Created with iReport - A designer for JasperReports --> <!DOCTYPE jasperReport PUBLIC "//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN" "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd"> <jasperReport name="nuovo3" columnCount="1" printOrder="Vertical" orientation="Portrait" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="535" columnSpacing="0" leftMargin="30" rightMargin="30" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" whenNoDataType="NoPages" isTitleNewPage="false" isSummaryNewPage="false"> <property name="ireport.scriptlethandling" value="0" /> <property name="ireport.encoding" value="UTF-8" /> <import value="java.util.*" /> <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*" /> <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.*" /> <queryString><![CDATA[sELECT rownum,'ciao' as ciao FROM DT_KPI where rownum<50]]></queryString> <field name="ROWNUM" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/> <field name="CIAO" class="java.lang.String"/> <background> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </background> <title> <band height="100" isSplitAllowed="true" > <staticText> <reportElement x="55" y="43" width="412" height="40" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#FFFFFF" key="staticText"/> <box> <topPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#000000"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Center"> <font size="30"/> </textElement> <text><![CDATA[Key Performances Indicator - Bandwidth]]></text> </staticText> <line direction="TopDown"> <reportElement x="0" y="3" width="534" height="0" key="line"/> <graphicElement stretchType="NoStretch"/> </line> </band> </title> <pageHeader> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </pageHeader> <columnHeader> <band height="2" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </columnHeader> <detail> <band height="121" isSplitAllowed="true" > <subreport isUsingCache="true"> <reportElement x="0" y="38" width="534" height="67" key="subreport-2" isRemoveLineWhenBlank="true"/> <subreportParameter name="par"> <subreportParameterExpression><![CDATA[$F{CIAO}]]></subreportParameterExpression> </subreportParameter> <connectionExpression><![CDATA[$P{REPORT_CONNECTION}]]></connectionExpression> <subreportExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["nuovo_sottoreport2.jasper"]]></subreportExpression> </subreport> </band> </detail> <columnFooter> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </columnFooter> <pageFooter> <band height="29" isSplitAllowed="true" > <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" > <reportElement x="285" y="6" width="170" height="19" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#FFFFFF" key="textField"/> <box> <topPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#000000"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> </box> <textElement textAlignment="Right"> <font size="10"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["Page " + $V{PAGE_NUMBER} + " of "]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="true" pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Report" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" > <reportElement mode="Transparent" x="461" y="6" width="36" height="19" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#FFFFFF" key="textField"/> <box> <topPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#000000"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> </box> <textElement> <font size="10"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA["" + $V{PAGE_NUMBER}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> <line direction="TopDown"> <reportElement x="0" y="3" width="535" height="0" key="line"/> <graphicElement stretchType="NoStretch"/> </line> <textField isStretchWithOverflow="false" pattern="" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" > <reportElement x="1" y="6" width="209" height="19" forecolor="#000000" backcolor="#FFFFFF" key="textField"/> <box> <topPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <leftPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> <bottomPen lineWidth="0.0" lineColor="#000000"/> <rightPen lineWidth="0.0" lineStyle="Solid" lineColor="#000000"/> </box> <textElement> <font size="10"/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression class="java.util.Date"><![CDATA[new Date()]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </band> </pageFooter> <summary> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </summary> </jasperReport> ---------------------------------------------------- DETAIL REPORT --------------------------- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!-- Created with iReport - A designer for JasperReports --> <!DOCTYPE jasperReport PUBLIC "//JasperReports//DTD Report Design//EN" "http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/dtds/jasperreport.dtd"> <jasperReport name="nuovo_sottoreport2" columnCount="1" printOrder="Vertical" orientation="Portrait" pageWidth="595" pageHeight="842" columnWidth="535" columnSpacing="0" leftMargin="30" rightMargin="30" topMargin="20" bottomMargin="20" whenNoDataType="NoPages" isTitleNewPage="false" isSummaryNewPage="false"> <property name="ireport.scriptlethandling" value="0" /> <property name="ireport.encoding" value="UTF-8" /> <import value="java.util.*" /> <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.*" /> <import value="net.sf.jasperreports.engine.data.*" /> <parameter name="par" isForPrompting="true" class="java.lang.String"/> <queryString><![CDATA[sELECT 'ciaoSottoReport' as ciao, rownum FROM DT_KPI where rownum<5]]></queryString> <field name="CIAO" class="java.lang.String"/> <field name="ROWNUM" class="java.math.BigDecimal"/> <background> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </background> <title> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </title> <pageHeader> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </pageHeader> <columnHeader> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </columnHeader> <detail> <band height="19" isSplitAllowed="true" > <textField isStretchWithOverflow="false" isBlankWhenNull="false" evaluationTime="Now" hyperlinkType="None" hyperlinkTarget="Self" > <reportElement x="0" y="0" width="100" height="18" key="textField"/> <box></box> <textElement> <font/> </textElement> <textFieldExpression class="java.lang.String"><![CDATA[$F{CIAO}]]></textFieldExpression> </textField> </band> </detail> <columnFooter> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </columnFooter> <pageFooter> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </pageFooter> <summary> <band height="0" isSplitAllowed="true" > </band> </summary> </jasperReport>