Print from applet running in IE5.5

Question

Application is standalone and can be used as applet as well. If it works as standalone application everything works fine. When I put it on a Web server and try to run it as applet from within IE5.5 it hangs. The problem is in the part of code that invokes printing, without it applet works fine.
I know the problem is that applet can�t invoke printing if it isn�t signed but in that case it should throws exception not hangs at the very beginning. Also, applet can�t be closed without closing IE5.5.
public void printGraph() {
PageAttributes pa = new PageAttributes();
JobAttributes ja = new JobAttributes();
pa.setOrientationRequested(PageAttributes.OrientationRequestedType.LANDSCAPE);
pa.setOrigin(PageAttributes.OriginType.PRINTABLE);
PrintJob printJob = getToolkit().getPrintJob(this, graph.name, ja, pa);
if(printJob != null) {
int xmargin = 30;
int ymargin = 30;
Dimension printArea = printJob.getPageDimension();
printArea.width -= xmargin;
printArea.height -= ymargin;
for(int i=0; i<ja.getCopies(); i++) {
Graphics g = printJob.getGraphics();
if( g != null) {
graph.print(g, printArea, xmargin, ymargin);
g.dispose();
printJob.end();
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
String command = event.getActionCommand();
Object source = event.getSource();
int index;
} else if (command == "Print") {
try {
SecurityManager sm = System.getSecurityManager();
if( sm != null) sm.checkPrintJobAccess();
printGraph();
} catch (SecurityException e) {
System.err.println("Printing is not allowed.");
I hope someone knows what is the problem.
Best regards
Goran

Answer 1

The problem is in the version of java (1.1.4) IE5.5 supports by default on WIN2K platform.
This version doesn't support the PageAttributes and JobAttributes classes and method getPrintJob(Frame f, String name, JobAttributes ja, PageAttributes pa).
The getPrintJob(Frame f, String name, Properties pr) method that is supported since jdk 1.1 can be used instead
Sorry I didn�t mention os platform and java version.