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Posted by hassenius at Oct 14, 2014, 1:42:51 AM
Fail to print to PDF in Ubuntu 14.04
Hey,

Installed SweetHome3D from Ubuntu Repos.
When trying to print to PDF in Ubuntu 14.04 an empty PDF is generated.
When launching from command line, I can see this Java error:
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.awt.print.PrinterException: Width of printable area is too small.
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.HomePrintableComponent.getPageCount(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.HomePDFPrinter.write(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.HomePane.printToPDF(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.viewcontroller.HomeController$43.call(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.viewcontroller.HomeController$43.call(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.viewcontroller.ThreadedTaskController$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:262)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:615)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.awt.print.PrinterException: Width of printable area is too small.
at javax.swing.TablePrintable.print(TablePrintable.java:214)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.FurnitureTable.print(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.FurnitureTable.access$300(Unknown Source)
at com.eteks.sweethome3d.swing.FurnitureTable$12.run(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:302)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:733)
at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(EventQueue.java:103)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:694)
at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:692)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:76)
at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:703)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:242)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:161)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:146)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:138)
at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:91)


I've tried updating the Java stuffs as suggested in FAQ re OffScreenSupport:
JAVA_ARGS="-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni \
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.applicationFolders=$HOME/.eteks/sweethome3d:/usr/share/sweethome3d \
-Dcom.eteks.sweethome3d.j3d.checkOffScreenSupport=false"

No idea where to look next.
Any suggestions?

//hk