DOCUMENT:Q87349  04-JUL-1999  [win16sdk]
TITLE   :BUG: Color PostScript Drivers Report Incorrect Data
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbSDKWin32 _IK

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3.10
WINDOWS
kbprg kbbuglist

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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In the Microsoft Windows graphical environment, when an application creates a
printer Device Context (DC) for a QMS ColorScript 100 printer or for a Seiko
ColorPoint PS printer, and specifies the DC in a call to the GetDeviceCaps()
function, each driver reports the following information about itself:

      BITSPIXEL  = 1
      PLANES     = 1
      NUMCOLORS  = 8

At least one of these numbers is incorrect in each case.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows version 3.1. 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

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Keywords          : kbSDKWin32 _IK 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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