windvi & print
Michael V. Topunov
mtop73@caravan.ru
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 18:19:41 +0400
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Dear Fabrice,
>If I understand correctly, the glyphs are upside down in their box.
>This has been reported twice. Here is the explanation. By
>compatibility with windvi, byte ordering and things like that, the
>glyphs are build upside-down. Windows does support both normal bitmaps
>and upside-down bitmaps by giving a negative height. However, some
>printer drivers seems to ignore the direction (sign of height).
>
>So either I remove the use of upside-down bitmaps (but it will take
>some time because the computations done here, especially in the
>shrinking code, are not obvious), or in the mean time I would like to
>now if there is any chance that upgrading the printer driver could
>give the right result.
I have download the newest version of the printer driver (my printer is =
OKIDATA OKIPAGE 4w) but it does not help.
And what about of ViewLog thread errors ?
Yours sincerely,
Michael V. Topunov
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<DIV>>If I understand correctly, the glyphs are upside down in their=20
box.<BR>>This has been reported twice. Here is the explanation.=20
By<BR>>compatibility with windvi, byte ordering and things like that, =
the<BR>>glyphs are build upside-down. Windows does support both =
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bitmaps<BR>>and upside-down bitmaps by giving a negative height. =
However,=20
some<BR>>printer drivers seems to ignore the direction (sign of=20
height).<BR>><BR>>So either I remove the use of upside-down =
bitmaps (but=20
it will take<BR>>some time because the computations done here, =
especially in=20
the<BR>>shrinking code, are not obvious), or in the mean time I would =
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to<BR>>now if there is any chance that upgrading the printer driver=20
could<BR>>give the right result.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3D"Arial Cyr">I have download the newest =
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the printer driver (my printer is OKIDATA OKIPAGE 4w) but it does not=20
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<DIV>Yours sincerely,</DIV>
<DIV>Michael V. Topunov</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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