Ok figured out the problem. We use CUPS as the printing system on our linux machines. When we actually had printers manually specified in /etc/cups/printers.conf then *any* java program had problems printing. When we removed the printers.conf and made our main CUPS server advertise its printers then it all worked.
So in the end it appears to be a problem with java and CUPS rather than XXE specifically. Thanks for your help. Regards, Dominique Hussein Shafie wrote: >Dominique Lind wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>When I try printing a simple docbook xml file straight from XXE it hangs >>and I have to close it. When I run XXE in a terminal I get the following >>exception: >> >>Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException >> at >>com.xmlmind.xmledit.gadget.GadgetPrinter.end(GadgetPrinter.java:829) >> at >>com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.part.PrintAction.finish(PrintAction.java:205) >> at >>com.xmlmind.xmleditapp.kit.CancelableAction.run(CancelableAction.java:68) >> at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:209) >> at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:461) >> at >>java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:242) >> >> at >>java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:163) >> >> at >>java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:157) >> at >>java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:149) >> at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:110) >> >> >>I'm using XXE Professional Edition V3.0 under debian with java version >>1.5.0_03 >>Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_03-b07) >>Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_03-b07, mixed mode) >> >>Is this a problem with XXE or java? >> >> > >I don't know. GadgetPrinter.java:829 is located at the very end of the >printing process and contains no logic at all. > >* Does this problem occur with this "simple docbook xml file" or with >any other document? If it only occurs with "the simple docbook xml" >file, please send me this file. > >* Does this problem occur with all your printers? > >* Does this problem occur if you choose "print to file"? > >* Does this problem occur on other Linux boxes? > >* Does this problem occur with other versions of Java (e.g. 1.4.1+)? > > >--- >PS: You are the first person to report such problem. We have absolutely >no problem at all printing on SuSE Linux 9.3/Java 1.5.0_05/XXE V3. We >can even say that with Java 1.5.0+, the print output looks very good. > > > -- Dominique Lind Systems Officer Judicial Commission of New South Wales Phone: (02) 9249 4421 Email: dlind at judcom.nsw.gov.au Website: www.judcom.nsw.gov.au __________________________________________________ This Message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and not necessarily the views of the Judicial Commission of NSW. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/attachments/20051108/1e741d81/attachment.htm
