BUG: Printer Driver Receives "bigfonts" When Not Supported

ID: Q111653

3.10 WINDOWS kbprg kbbuglist

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 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 calls 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 the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: buglist3.10 3.10 bigfonts big fonts

Keywords : kbWinOS310 kbDSupport kbSDKWin16
Version : WINDOWS:3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug