Microsoft KB Archive/177185

= FIX: Printing Fails with java.lang.NullPointerException =

Article ID: 177185

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Java Virtual Machine
 * Microsoft Software Development Kit for Java 2.02

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This article was previously published under Q177185



SYMPTOMS
Printing from your Java applet or application will fail with the Microsoft virtual machine (Microsoft VM) from Internet Explorer 4.0 when using certain printer drivers.

If you enable Java logging in Internet Explorer and look in the Javalog.txt file, you will see a java.lang.NullPointerException when trying to print.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. The problem has been fixed in the Microsoft VM build 2334 or later. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/



MORE INFORMATION
HP Laserjet 5Si/5Si MX PS printer driver is a known driver that will not print correctly.

