Java/CUPS printing problem in openSUSE 11

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#1

I’m using openproj 1.2 for project management and am unable to print. It looks like there is a problem between java and CUPS. Has anyone encountered this? If so, could you please provide fix?

Thanks,

James

Java error received when printing:

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:856)
at sun.print.PSPrinterJob.printDialog(PSPrinterJob.java:421)
at com.projity.print.GraphPageable.print(Unknown Source)
at com.projity.print.PrintPreviewFrame$PrintAction.actionPerformed(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995)
at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387)
at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236 )
at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6041)
at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3265)
at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5806)
at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4413)
at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243)
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:2440)
at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243)
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(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)

#2

Not sure if this will help but I was having a problem where KDE apps would print but not GTK based one - firefox, gimp, gnucash. I reported a bug but after some experimentation I found that setting up the printer with YAST2 needed some care with a remote printer. I ended up selecting the local CUPS server option and then added my queue - also selected the IPP printer. This made the printer visible in the printers and queues dialog and all was well from there.

#3

Hello, i have the same problem when i print with netbeans 6.1. The print setup make the same error.

#4

@owise1

Printing problem seems to only affect Java/Netbeans apps. I think there is a problem with Java and CUPS.

#5

i try some workaround, but no one is correct! Freemind don’t print like netbeans! :frowning:

#6

i have another pc linux with opensuse 10.3, java 1.6 and netbeans 6.1 and cups 1.2.12 and printing work fine. I think the problem is to cups 1.3.7!

Jean-Philippe

#7

Your mileage may vary…

I have been trying to solve a similar problem with printing from Gimp. …and with a recent update to Moz/Firefox 3.0x that application failed to print. The /var/log/cups/error_log contained a nugget of information:

tcp_wrappers refused connection from 127.0.0.1, ip=127.0.0.1. See /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny.

I modified my hosts.allow file to contain:

allow local printing

lpd: LOCAL 127.0.0.1
cupsd: LOCAL 127.0.0.1

Restarted the network scripts and cupsd. …and miracle of miracles, shazaam! The print features were restored to Moz/FF and gimp.

Good luck.

–Eric

#8

hi,

i found a solution in this blog:

Java Printing Fix for Linux with Cups | pikopong


#append orientation option into printers.conf
vi /etc/cups/printers.conf
  ....
  Option orientation-requested 3
</Printer>

#restart cups
rccups restart