2.16.6 Additional Escape Calls

There are two additional escapes that alter the state of the device: the FLUSHOUTPUT and DRAFTMODE escapes. The FLUSHOUTPUT escape flushes the output in the device's buffer (the device stores device operations in the buffer before sending them to Print Manager). The DRAFTMODE escape turns on the device's draft mode. This means that the device will use one of its own fonts instead of using a GDI font. It also means that calls to the text-justification functions that alter interword and intercharacter spacing are ignored. For a detailed description of the functions that alter interword and intercharacter spacing, see Sections 2.12, “Text Functions,” and 2.13, “Font Functions.”