PRB: Colors Lost Printing Color Metafile on Color Printer

 Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
Article ID: Q89571
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.1 and 3.0

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Windows graphical environment, when an application prints a metafile that has a palette to a color printer, all colors in the metafile are changed to black or white.

CAUSE

The color printer does not support a palette.

RESOLUTION

When the application creates the metafile, specify the colors using the PALETTERGB macro instead of the PALETTEINDEX macro.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: GdiPal

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Last reviewed: January 5, 1995
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