Name: clC74495 Date: 07/07/99


On printer's page description language,
a character drawn by Java2D is represented as set of
one pixel height rectangles such as,

    == === ===
   = = = = = =
   ==== === =
   = = = = = =
   = = === ===

(= "ABC").

That representation slows down printing speed, and
grows up spool data size.
(Review ID: 85211)
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This bug happened under the two following both of two environments.

OS : win_95
Printer : Canon LBP-A404 PS Lite
Printer Driver : Postscript Printer Driver ver. 4.00

OS : win_95
Printer : Canon Laser Shot LBP-450
Printer Driver : Lips4 Printer Driver for windows95 Vwersion 5.22

The results of printing depends on the type of font.
Here are a couple ofsource code of print methods that the user implemented.


1. Using True type font( ex. MS Gothic )

 The issue did not occur.
 The character "1" is drawn as character string.

 public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pi) {
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
    g2.setColor(Color.black);
    g2.setFont(new Font("MS Gothic",Font.PLAIN,20));
    g2.drawString("1",144,144);
  }

2. Using Java font ( ex. Dialog )

 The issue occurred. The character "1" is drawn as a lot of 1 dot width
 lines.

  public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pi) {
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
    g2.setColor(Color.black);
    g2.drawString("1",144,144);
  }

[ tbaba@japan 1999-09-02 ]

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