--- old/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/print/PSPrinterJob.java	2016-08-05 15:33:20.553132916 +0530
+++ new/src/java.desktop/share/classes/sun/print/PSPrinterJob.java	2016-08-05 15:33:20.309132916 +0530
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 import javax.print.attribute.standard.DialogTypeSelection;
 import javax.print.attribute.standard.JobName;
 import javax.print.attribute.standard.Sides;
+import javax.print.attribute.standard.MediaPrintableArea;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
@@ -489,6 +490,92 @@
         return doPrint;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void validatePaper(Paper origPaper, Paper newPaper) {
+        if (origPaper == null || newPaper == null) {
+            return;
+        } else {
+            double wid = origPaper.getWidth();
+            double hgt = origPaper.getHeight();
+            double ix = origPaper.getImageableX();
+            double iy = origPaper.getImageableY();
+            double iw = origPaper.getImageableWidth();
+            double ih = origPaper.getImageableHeight();
+            double imgX, imgY, imgWid, imgHgt;            
+            
+            /* 
+             * this returns the imageable area of default media of chosen printer
+             * from CUPS via CUPSPrinter#getPageSizes().
+             * If it returns null (which should not be the case) we fall back
+             * to default Paper (Letter in US, A4 otherwise) imageable area
+             */
+            MediaPrintableArea mpa = (MediaPrintableArea)
+                    getPrintService().getDefaultAttributeValue(MediaPrintableArea.class);
+            if (mpa != null) {
+                imgX = mpa.getX(MediaPrintableArea.INCH) * 72;
+                imgY = mpa.getY(MediaPrintableArea.INCH) * 72;
+                imgWid = mpa.getWidth(MediaPrintableArea.INCH) * 72;
+                imgHgt = mpa.getHeight(MediaPrintableArea.INCH) * 72;
+            } else {
+                imgX = newPaper.getImageableX();
+                imgY = newPaper.getImageableY();
+                imgWid = newPaper.getImageableWidth();
+                imgHgt = newPaper.getImageableHeight();
+            }
+            
+            wid = ((wid > 0.0) ? wid : newPaper.getWidth());
+            hgt = ((hgt > 0.0) ? hgt : newPaper.getHeight());
+            if ((imgX*2) + imgWid > wid) {
+                imgWid = wid - imgX*2;
+            }
+            if ((imgY*2) + imgHgt > hgt) {
+                imgHgt = hgt - imgY*2;
+            }
+            
+            /* We try to mitigate the effects of floating point rounding errors
+             * by only setting a value if it would differ from the value in the
+             * target by at least 0.10 points = 1/720 inches.
+             * eg if the values present in the target are close to the calculated
+             * values then we accept the target.
+             */
+            final double epsilon = 0.10;
+            
+            if (ix < 0.0) {
+                ix = 0.0;
+            }
+            if (iy < 0.0) {
+                iy = 0.0;
+            }
+            if (iw < 0.0) {
+                iw = 0.0;
+            }
+            if (ih < 0.0) {
+                ih = 0.0;
+            }
+            if ((ix + epsilon) < imgX) {
+                ix = imgX;
+            }
+            if ((iy + epsilon) < imgY) {
+                iy = imgY;
+            }
+            if (iw + epsilon > imgWid) {
+                iw = imgWid;
+            }
+            if (ih + epsilon > imgHgt) {
+                ih = imgHgt;
+            }
+            if ((ix + iw + epsilon) > (imgX + imgWid)) {
+                ix = (imgX + imgWid) - iw;
+            }
+            if ((iy + ih + epsilon) > (imgY + imgHgt)) {
+                iy = (imgY + imgHgt) - ih;
+            }
+            
+            newPaper.setSize(wid, hgt);
+            newPaper.setImageableArea(ix, iy, iw, ih);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Invoked by the RasterPrinterJob super class
      * this method is called to mark the start of a
--- /dev/null	2016-08-05 10:58:58.361070000 +0530
+++ new/test/java/awt/print/PrinterJob/TestValidatePage.java	2016-08-05 15:33:21.225132916 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 6574279
+ * @summary  Verifies if validatePage in linux returns valid PageFormat
+ * @requires (os.family == "linux")
+ * @run main TestValidatePage
+ */
+import java.awt.print.PageFormat;
+import java.awt.print.Paper;
+import java.awt.print.PrinterJob;
+
+public class TestValidatePage
+{
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        // get printerJob ang default pageFormat
+        PrinterJob javaPrinterJob = java.awt.print.PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();
+        PageFormat pf = javaPrinterJob.defaultPage();
+
+        Paper p = pf.getPaper();
+        p.setImageableArea(0.0,0.0,p.getWidth(),p.getHeight());
+        pf.setPaper(p);
+
+        pf = javaPrinterJob.validatePage(pf);
+
+        if (pf.getImageableX() == 0.0f) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(" validatePage does not return valid PageFormat");
+        }
+    }    
+}