BUG: Printer Driver Receives "bigfonts" When Not Supported

 Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
Article ID: Q111653
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If the installed display driver of a Windows 3.1 installation supports raster fonts that are greater than 64K, then any printer driver on the system is expected to support the fonts, even if [GetDeviceCaps(hPrnDC, RASTERCAPS) & RC_BIGFONT] returns NULL for the printer driver.

CAUSE

In some cases, the printer driver will call the display driver to perform certain GDI operations. Windows expects that 64K and greater fonts will eventually be drawn by the display driver instead of the printer driver. This assumption causes Windows to believe that a printer driver will support these fonts, even if it does not.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional reference words: buglist3.10 3.10 bigfonts big fonts
KBCategory: kbprg kbbuglist
KBSubcategory: GdiPrn

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Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
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