Text After an Embedded Object May Be Printed with Some Blank Characters

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you print to a PostScript printer using fonts that are configured to download as soft fonts in the printer driver's Font Substitution table, text following an embedded object in a document may be printed incorrectly. Spaces may be substituted for some, but not all, characters.

For example, the text "This is a test" may be printed as "Thi_ i_ a te_t" (where underscores represent blank spaces.)

CAUSE

In some circumstances, with some soft fonts and some font sizes, the printer's soft font cache may be flushed when you print an embedded object that uses the same soft fonts as the text part of the document.

When this behavior occurs, the PostScript driver may reload only those characters in the soft font that are also used in the embedded object. In text following the embedded object, characters that are used in that object are printed normally; other characters are printed as white space. In the example above, the letters "T," "h," "i," "a," "e," and "t" are used in the preceding embedded object, but the letter "s" is not.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or the individual software update. For information on obtaining the latest service pack, please go to:

• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/servicepacks/


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• Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00 NT4SP6Fix
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug