DOCUMENT:Q111653 09-JUL-1999 [win16sdk] TITLE :BUG: Printer Driver Receives "bigfonts" When Not Supported PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbOSWin310 _IK kbSDKWin16 ====================================================================== 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 : kbOSWin310 _IK kbSDKWin16 Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK310 Version : WINDOWS:3.1 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= 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. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.