diff --git a/samples/DOMPrint/DOMPrintErrorHandler.cpp b/samples/DOMPrint/DOMPrintErrorHandler.cpp
index f318f928e01c0b325c92ac8db6ba1d75b0746eaa..920628f6ba8610b88e4f6e9b5edfb1bfb452bbcc 100644
--- a/samples/DOMPrint/DOMPrintErrorHandler.cpp
+++ b/samples/DOMPrint/DOMPrintErrorHandler.cpp
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 /*
  * The Apache Software License, Version 1.1
- * 
+ *
  * Copyright (c) 2002 The Apache Software Foundation.  All rights
  * reserved.
- * 
+ *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
  * are met:
- * 
+ *
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- *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
- * 
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
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  *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
  *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
  *    distribution.
- * 
+ *
  * 3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
- *    if any, must include the following acknowledgment:  
+ *    if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
  *       "This product includes software developed by the
  *        Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/)."
  *    Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
  *    if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
- * 
+ *
  * 4. The names "Xerces" and "Apache Software Foundation" must
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- * 
+ *
  * 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "Apache",
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- * 
+ *
  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
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  * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  * ====================================================================
- * 
+ *
  * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
  * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation, and was
  * originally based on software copyright (c) 1999, International
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@
  * <http://www.apache.org/>.
  */
 
-/* 
+/*
  * $Id$
  * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.4  2002/12/10 15:36:36  tng
+ * DOMPrint minor update: print error message to cerr.
+ *
  * Revision 1.3  2002/06/13 14:55:01  peiyongz
  * Fix to UNIX compilation failure
  *
@@ -69,17 +72,24 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "DOMPrintErrorHandler.hpp"
-
 #include <iostream.h>
-#include <xercesc/dom/DOMError.hpp>
 #include <xercesc/util/XMLString.hpp>
+#include <xercesc/dom/DOMError.hpp>
+
+#include "DOMPrintErrorHandler.hpp"
 
 bool DOMPrintErrorHandler::handleError(const DOMError &domError)
 {
     // Display whatever error message passed from the serializer
+    if (domError.getSeverity() == DOMError::DOM_SEVERITY_WARNING)
+        cerr << "\nWarning Message: ";
+    else if (domError.getSeverity() == DOMError::DOM_SEVERITY_ERROR)
+        cerr << "\nError Message: ";
+    else
+        cerr << "\nFatal Message: ";
+
     char *msg = XMLString::transcode(domError.getMessage());
-    cout<<msg<<endl;
+    cerr<< msg <<endl;
     delete[] msg;
 
     // Instructs the serializer to continue serialization if possible.