ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Current Windows 10, JDK 1.8.0_162, might be 32 or 64bit, forgot to ask.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
It is Bug JDK-8039412, but it still occures in 1.8.0_162, so the fixed message for 8u161 cannot be correct.

I work around this by setting the printer like this:

            // Fix for #113140 - java.lang.StackOverflowError - Should be fixed in Java 9
            // See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8133737
            if( printerJob.getPrintService() == null ) {
                try {
                    printerJob.setPrintService(PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService());
                } catch( PrinterException e ) {
                    // Okay, stuff gets persistent here. We just try to set ANY PrintService here.
                 PrintService[] printServices = PrintServiceLookup.lookupPrintServices(null, null);
                    for( PrintService printService : printServices ) {
                        try {
                            printerJob.setPrintService(printService);
                            break;
                        } catch( PrinterException e2 ) {
                        }
                    };
                }
            }
            if( printerJob.getPrintService() == null ) {
             // Still no print service in printJob. This will lead to an exception later when we want to display
             // the print dialog so we can just throw the towel here.
                throw new UserException("Keine brauchbaren Drucker auf Ihrem System gefunden.");
            }

The reason why printerJob.setPrintService(PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService()); did not work was because the system complains about an "invalid printer name". The default printer was the "Send to OneNote 2010" printer, also after I switched the default printer on my customers system. Anyway, I just slap another printer onto the printjob until it does not complain anymore and now I can print again at my customer.

I have the slight feeling that something like my code should be in the JDK itself, where the printerjob is created, but I don't know about the side effects.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Have a system where PrintServiceLookup.lookupDefaultPrintService() returne the "Send to OneNote 2010" printer. Don't know how to set this up.

Try to to create a PrinterJob:

            PrinterJob printerJob = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
printerJob.getPrintService() != null
ACTUAL -
printerJob.getPrintService() == null

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
See description.

FREQUENCY : rarely