diff --git a/libraries/tcpdf/README.TXT b/libraries/tcpdf/README.TXT
index 51accdc4dc..e271017554 100644
--- a/libraries/tcpdf/README.TXT
+++ b/libraries/tcpdf/README.TXT
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=128076
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Name: TCPDF
-Version: 5.9.204
-Release date: 2013-01-30
+Version: 5.9.205
+Release date: 2013-02-06
 Author:	Nicola Asuni
 
 Copyright (c) 2002-2013:
diff --git a/libraries/tcpdf/config/tcpdf_config.php b/libraries/tcpdf/config/tcpdf_config.php
index e47e5c81c4..f5c0a182bb 100644
--- a/libraries/tcpdf/config/tcpdf_config.php
+++ b/libraries/tcpdf/config/tcpdf_config.php
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf_config.php
 // Begin       : 2004-06-11
-// Last Update : 2013-01-28
+// Last Update : 2013-02-06
 //
 // Description : Configuration file for TCPDF.
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - Manor Coach House, Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ, UK - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : GNU-LGPL v3 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html)
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Copyright (C) 2004-2012  Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
+// Copyright (C) 2004-2013  Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD
 //
 // This file is part of TCPDF software library.
 //
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ if (!defined('K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG')) {
 	 * IMPORTANT: For security reason, disable this feature if you are printing user HTML content.
 	 */
 	define('K_TCPDF_CALLS_IN_HTML', true);
+
+	/**
+	 * if true adn PHP version is greater than 5, then the Error() method throw new exception instead of terminating the execution.
+	 */
+	define('K_TCPDF_THROW_EXCEPTION_ERROR', false);
 }
 
 //============================================================+
diff --git a/libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php b/libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php
index 4413cf5363..0ac75d70e9 100644
--- a/libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php
+++ b/libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 //============================================================+
 // File name   : tcpdf.php
-// Version     : 5.9.204
+// Version     : 5.9.205
 // Begin       : 2002-08-03
-// Last Update : 2013-01-30
+// Last Update : 2013-02-06
 // Author      : Nicola Asuni - Tecnick.com LTD - Manor Coach House, Church Hill, Aldershot, Hants, GU12 4RQ, UK - www.tecnick.com - info@tecnick.com
 // License     : http://www.tecnick.com/pagefiles/tcpdf/LICENSE.TXT GNU-LGPLv3
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
  * Tools to encode your unicode fonts are on fonts/utils directory.</p>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @author Nicola Asuni
- * @version 5.9.204
+ * @version 5.9.205
  */
 
 // Main configuration file. Define the K_TCPDF_EXTERNAL_CONFIG constant to skip this file.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/config/tcpdf_config.php');
  * TCPDF project (http://www.tcpdf.org) has been originally derived in 2002 from the Public Domain FPDF class by Olivier Plathey (http://www.fpdf.org), but now is almost entirely rewritten.<br>
  * @package com.tecnick.tcpdf
  * @brief PHP class for generating PDF documents without requiring external extensions.
- * @version 5.9.204
+ * @version 5.9.205
  * @author Nicola Asuni - info@tecnick.com
  */
 class TCPDF {
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 	 * Current TCPDF version.
 	 * @private
 	 */
-	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.204';
+	private $tcpdf_version = '5.9.205';
 
 	// Protected properties
 
@@ -3844,7 +3844,7 @@ class TCPDF {
 		$this->_destroy(true);
 		$phpmainver = PHP_VERSION;
 		// exit program and print error
-		if (intval($phpmainver[0]) < 5) {
+		if ((intval($phpmainver[0]) < 5) OR !defined('K_TCPDF_THROW_EXCEPTION_ERROR') OR !K_TCPDF_THROW_EXCEPTION_ERROR) {
 			die('<strong>TCPDF ERROR: </strong>'.$msg);
 		} else {
 			throw new Exception('TCPDF ERROR: '.$msg);