Java doesn't list any printers in cups

[Miguel Costa]

This applies to a current Gutsy Gibbon amd64 installation
I have installed Java 1.5 from the repositories

Printing from any java application (e.g. Netbeans, Jedit) to a CUPS printer does not show the print dialog
by compiling and running the following code i can't get any printers listed.

import javax.print.PrintService; import javax.print.attribute.Attribute; import javax.print.attribute.standard.PrinterIsAcceptingJobs; /* * * TestPrinter.java * * * * Created on 26 de Setembro de 2007, 14:52 * * * * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager * * and open the template in the editor. * */ /** * * * * @author carlos * */ public class TestPrinter { /** Creates a new instance of TestPrinter */ public TestPrinter() { } public static boolean checkAvailablePrinters() { PrintService[] ss = java.awt.print.PrinterJob.lookupPrintServices(); for (int i=0;i<ss.length;i++) { System.out.println( ss[i].getName() + "\n " + ss[i] ); Attribute[] att = ss[i].getAttributes().toArray(); for (int j=0;j<att.length;j++) { if (att[j].equals( PrinterIsAcceptingJobs.ACCEPTING_JOBS ) ) { System.out.println( "ACCEPTING JOBS" ); } } } return false; } public static void main( String[] args ) { checkAvailablePrinters(); } }

by running the following command, the printers are listed

seyon@XK0:~$ lpstat -t
programador em execução
destino predefinido de sistema: XKPrinter
periférico para XKPrinter: usb://HP/LaserJet%201022
periférico para XKPrinter_Cores: usb://EPSON/Stylus%20CX3600
periférico para XKPrinter_PDF: cups-pdf:/
XKPrinter aceita pedidos desde Dom 21 Out 2007 18:46:10 WEST
XKPrinter_Cores aceita pedidos desde Sáb 20 Out 2007 23:44:10 WEST
XKPrinter_PDF aceita pedidos desde Sáb 28 Abr 2007 19:41:52 WEST
impressora XKPrinter inactiva. activada desde Dom 21 Out 2007 18:46:10 WEST
impressora XKPrinter_Cores desactivada desde Sáb 20 Out 2007 23:44:10 WEST -

Updated: I can list the printers by using that java code with jre-7 beta, but still can't see any print dialog when i try to print any document with any java application. I get only the following output when i try to run this hello world printing function

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.print.*;

public class HelloWorldPrinter implements Printable, ActionListener {

    public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int page) throws
                                                        PrinterException {

        if (page > 0) { /* We have only one page, and 'page' is zero-based */
            return NO_SUCH_PAGE;
        }

        /* User (0,0) is typically outside the imageable area, so we must
         * translate by the X and Y values in the PageFormat to avoid clipping
         */
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
        g2d.translate(pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY());

        /* Now we perform our rendering */
        g.drawString("Hello world!", 100, 100);

        /* tell the caller that this page is part of the printed document */
        return PAGE_EXISTS;
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
         job.setPrintable(this);
         boolean ok = job.printDialog();
         if (ok) {
             try {
                  job.print();
             } catch (PrinterException ex) {
              /* The job did not successfully complete */
             }
         }
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
        JFrame f = new JFrame("Hello World Printer");
        f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
           public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {System.exit(0);}
        });
        JButton printButton = new JButton("Print Hello World");
        printButton.addActionListener(new HelloWorldPrinter());
        f.add("Center", printButton);
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}
And the Output
java.lang.NullPointerException: null attribute
        at sun.print.IPPPrintService.isAttributeValueSupported(IPPPrintService.java:1147)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog$OrientationPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:2121)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog$PageSetupPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:1263)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.updatePanels(ServiceDialog.java:437)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.initPrintDialog(ServiceDialog.java:195)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.<init>(ServiceDialog.java:124)
        at javax.print.ServiceUI.printDialog(ServiceUI.java:188)
        at sun.print.RasterPrinterJob.printDialog(RasterPrinterJob.java:855)
        at sun.print.PSPrinterJob.printDialog(PSPrinterJob.java:421)

With cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8 i can print without problems

[Yan Li (yanli)]

I observed same problem on my Gutsy 7.10 installation. The printing of Java applications doesn't work. It's a rather annoying problem.

System: x86 on a IBM ThinkPad T43p.

How to reproduce: Open any Java program (I tried Freemind and some others) and try to print.

Expect: Printing dialog appear on GUI

Actual: Nothing happens on GUI (no error message), however, I found following exception text appeared on console:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException: null attribute
        at sun.print.IPPPrintService.isAttributeValueSupported(IPPPrintService.java:1147)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog$OrientationPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:2121)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog$PageSetupPanel.updateInfo(ServiceDialog.java:1263)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.updatePanels(ServiceDialog.java:437)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.initPrintDialog(ServiceDialog.java:195)
        at sun.print.ServiceDialog.<init>(ServiceDialog.java:124)
        at javax.print.ServiceUI.printDialog(ServiceUI.java:188)
        at sun.print.RasterPrinterJob.printDialog(RasterPrinterJob.java:855)
        at sun.print.PSPrinterJob.printDialog(PSPrinterJob.java:421)
        at freemind.controller.Controller$PrintAction.actionPerformed(Controller.java:870)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
        at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
        at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:357)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1216)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1257)
        at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6038)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3265)
        at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5803)
        at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4410)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4322)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3986)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:3916)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2429)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispat...

[Léo Studer (leo-studer)]

I' using Java OpenJDK:

$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_0"
IcedTea6 1.4 (6b14~pre1-0ubuntu2~intrepid1) Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_0-b14)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0-b17, mixed mode)

And I have this issue occuring with Matlab when I'm trying to print:

java.lang.NullPointerException: null attribute
 at sun.print.IPPPrintService.isAttributeValueSupported(Unknown Source)
 at sun.print.ServiceDialog$OrientationPanel.updateInfo(Unknown Source)
 at sun.print.ServiceDialog$PageSetupPanel.updateInfo(Unknown Source)
 at sun.print.ServiceDialog.updatePanels(Unknown Source)
 at sun.print.ServiceDialog.initPrintDialog(Unknown Source)
 at sun.print.ServiceDialog.<init>(Unknown Source)
 at javax.print.ServiceUI.printDialog(Unknown Source)
 at com.mathworks.page.export.printdlg.Printdlg.setVisible(Printdlg.java:470)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
 at com.mathworks.jmi.AWTUtilities$Invoker$2.runWithOutput(AWTUtilities.java:432)
 at com.mathworks.jmi.AWTUtilities$Invoker$1.run(AWTUtilities.java:389)
 at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)