Trouble printing an image that has BufferedImage composited onto it

Question

I make a complex image by adding several BufferedImages that have been rotated. The result appears fine in a JComponent, but when I print the same image, the only part of the BufferedImage that comes through is the part located where the BufferedImage would have been if not rotated.
If the rotation is 90 degrees or more in either direction (that is, if no image will appear), I get the following error message:
java.awt.image.RasterFormatException: Transformed width (0) is less than or equal to 0.
     at java.awt.image.AffineTransformOp.createCompatibleDestImage(AffineTransformOp.java:430)
     at java.awt.image.AffineTransformOp.filter(AffineTransformOp.java:209)
     at sun.print.PathGraphics.drawImage(PathGraphics.java:1745)
     at RotateBuffIm.painter(RotateBuffIm.java:99)
My system is:
Windows XP, service pack 3
HP LaserJet 1022
BlueJ 2.5.0
Java jdk 1.6.0_12
My source code is:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.print.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import javax.swing.*;
* RotateBuffIm draws a BufferedImage and
* composites it onto another image at an
* arbitrary angle. That part of the image
* not in the area that it would occupy if
* it were not rotated, is lost. If the
* rotation reaches +/- 90 degrees, an
* exception is generated and the compositing
* fails.
public class RotateBuffIm extends JComponent
implements Printable {
static boolean printIt = true;
RotateBuffIm() throws PrinterException {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(800,646);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setOpaque(true);
frame.getContentPane().add(this);
frame.setVisible(true);
if (printIt) {
Paper paper = new Paper();
paper.setSize(576, 792);
paper.setImageableArea(72, 72, 432, 646);
PageFormat pF = new PageFormat();
pF.setPaper(paper);
pF.setOrientation(PageFormat.LANDSCAPE);
PrinterJob job = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
job.setPrintable(this, pF);
job.print();
* paintComponent(g)and print(g, pf, pg) both call
* painter(g), which does the drawing.
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
painter(g);
public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pg) {
if(pg >0) return Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE;
painter(g);
return Printable.PAGE_EXISTS;
* painter draws one BufferedImage consisting
* of a rectangle with a label inside, and
* composites it onto the page-sized field at
* an arbitrary location and angle.
private void painter(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
g2.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, 792, 612);
g2.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g2.setComposite(
AlphaComposite.getInstance(
AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER));
int angle = 90;
int x = 300; int y = 300;
int w = 200; int h = 50;
BufferedImage bI = new BufferedImage(
w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D gBI = bI.createGraphics();
gBI.setColor(Color.BLACK);
gBI.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
gBI.drawRect(0, 0, w-1, h-1);
TextLayout tL = new TextLayout(
"BufferedImage at angle "+angle+" deg",
gBI.getFont(), gBI.getFontRenderContext());
int yT = (int)(h*.5 +
(tL.getAscent()-tL.getDescent())/2);
int xT = (int)(w*.5 +
( -tL.getAdvance())/2);
tL.draw(gBI, xT, yT);
AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform();
at.setToIdentity();
at.rotate(Math.toRadians(angle));
AffineTransformOp ato =
new AffineTransformOp(at, null);
try {
g2.drawImage(bI, ato, x, y);
} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("draw failed");
System.out.println(e.toString());
What do I not understand? This seems to be a failure to rotate a clipping shape to match the image. I'm at a pretty basic level. Thank you for any enlightenment.

Answer 1

the method
g2.drawImage(bI, ato, x, y);will either call
ato.filter(bI,null);or
ato.filter(bI,bI);The printer graphics might be calling the later one. So you end up getting this result
the only part of the BufferedImage that comes through is the part located where the BufferedImage would have been if not rotatedTry changing the statement to
g2.drawImage(ato.filter(bI,null),x,y,null);