PRB: Colors Lost Printing Color Metafile on Color Printer

ID: Q89571

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

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 query words: 3.00 3.10

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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