Printing Offset, Page Size, and Scaling with Win32

 Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
Article ID: Q115762
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.1, 3.5, and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

The Win32 documentation for the Escape() function says that the GETPHYSPAGESIZE, GETPRINTINGOFFSET, and GETSCALINGFACTOR escapes are obsolete, but it fails to mention the recommended way to get this information.

The information retrieved by all three escapes can now be retrieved by calling GetDeviceCaps() with the appropriate index:

  • For the GETPHYSPAGESIZE escape, the indexes to be used with GetDeviceCaps() are PHYSICALWIDTH and PHYSICALHEIGHT.
  • For GETPRINTINGOFFSET, the indexes are PHYSICALOFFSETX and PHYSICALOFFSETY.
  • For GETSCALINGFACTOR, the indexes are SCALINGFACTORX and SCALINGFACTORY.

All six new indexes are defined in the file WINGDI.H, though they are missing from the GetDeviceCaps() documentation.

Additional reference words: 3.10 3.50 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbprint
KBSubcategory: GdiPrn

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Last reviewed: September 29, 1995
© 1998 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Terms of Use.