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Q87349: BUG: Color PostScript Drivers Report Incorrect Data

Article: Q87349
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSDKWin32 _IK
Last Modified: 04-JUL-1999

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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