[[Lvlug] Print Drivers: Windows/Linux]

[Faber Fedor]

Tom,

Can you fill s in on the details here?  I know it has something to do
with the GDI, but I can't remember the details.


On Tue, May 28, 2002 at 07:04:08PM -0400, Paul F . Ryan wrote:
> I can't tell you what M$ is doing with the print drivers but I can tell you
> that it does effect more than just printing.  When I'd give a Micro$oft
> Official Class complete with PowerPoint presentation, the slides would project
> just fine until we added a Generic/Text Only print driver.  Then, magically,
> switching back to the PPT show and all the text in all the slides was now in 8
> pt. courier font!  The first time you experience this you just stand there and
> scratch your head going "Now what did I do wrong?".  Turns out that the PPT
> display is somehow linked to the fonts available for the printer.  Go figure.

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Faber                     

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