Once creating a new Font object, and then try to change the font style with
deriveFont method, but can not change it.
However, when trying to change both the style and size, the changing works well.


< environment >
  1. OS
    win_95,winNT4.0
  2. Printer
    - Canon Laser Shot LBP-A309 GII(Page Printer)
    - Fuji-Xerox LaserPress 4150PSII(Postscript Printer)
    
  3. JDK version
    - JDK1.2.2 and JDK1.2.2 preliminary release
   
3. source Code

   Here is the source code for reproducing.
   Please search the keyword "NOTE", a little more precise condition
   that causes the issue is described.

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/**
  Font Style cannot be changed
**/

import java.awt.* ;
import java.awt.print.* ;

public class PrintFTeng implements Printable {

  public static void main ( String args[] ) {

   PrintFTeng ppg = new PrintFTeng() ;
                      // All method included in PrintFTeng class
  }

  
 /*
   Constructor
 */
  public PrintFTeng () {

    PrinterJob pj = PrinterJob.getPrinterJob() ;
                            // Creates new Print

    PageFormat pf = pj.defaultPage();

// Paper ppr = new Paper();
// ppr.setSize( 300 , 300 ) ;
// pf.setPaper(ppr) ;

    // Add Print Orient to reproduce the issue from Justsystem
    pf.setOrientation( PageFormat.LANDSCAPE) ;
                                   // NOTE
                                   // This issue happens on setting
                                   // the orientation of printing
                                   // to "LANDSCAPE"
                                   // On the case of PORTRAIT, this issue
                                   // desn't happen.
// pf.setOrientation( PageFormat.PORTRAIT) ;

    pj.setPrintable( this , pf ) ;

    try {
       pj.print() ;
    }
    catch ( Exception prex ) {
      prex.printStackTrace() ;
    }
  }

  public int print(Graphics g, PageFormat pagef, int pidx) {

     if (pidx > 0) {
        return( Printable.NO_SUCH_PAGE ) ;
     }

     Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
     System.out.println("ix=" + pagef.getImageableX() +
                       " iy=" + pagef.getImageableY());

     g2d.translate(pagef.getImageableX(), pagef.getImageableY());

     // Set Character property
     g2d.setColor(Color.black);

/*********************
  Font Style Issue
 **********************/

/**
 Incorrect Printing
**/
  int xs = 16 ;
  int ys = 64 ;
           // Set Print start coordinates

  Font drawFont = new Font("MS Mincho",Font.PLAIN,20);
                             // NOTE
                             // This issue happens on specifying "MS Mincho"
                             // and "MS Gothic".
                             // When other logical Fonts(Sherif,dialog etc),
                             // this issue does not happen.

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.ITALIC,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("< Printing Incorrectly Case >", xs,ys );
  ys += ( 20 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  g2d.drawString("Print Incorrectly /MS Mincho/Italic/Size 20", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 20 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)
  
  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Incorrectly Not change to PLAIN ! /MS Mincho/Plain/Size 20", xs,ys );
                                 // NOTE
                                 // We expect the Font style changes to
                                 // PLAIN,but it doesn't work as such.
                                 //
  ys += ( 20 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.BOLD,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Incorrectly Not change to BOLD ! /MS Mincho/Bold/Size 20", xs, ys );
                                 // NOTE
                                 // We expect the Font style changes to
                                 // BOLD, but it doesn't work as such.
                                 //
  ys += ( 20*2 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size*2 + 1)

/**
 Correct Printing
**/
  drawFont = new Font("MS Mincho",Font.PLAIN,21);
// Font drawFont = new Font("MS Mincho",Font.PLAIN,20);

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.ITALIC,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);

  g2d.drawString("< Printing Correctly Case >", xs , ys );
  ys += ( 21 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Italic/Size 21->20", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 21 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)
 
  
  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.ITALIC,25);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Italic/Size 21->25", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 25 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)
  
  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Plain/Size 25->20", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 20 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.PLAIN,25);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Plain/Size 20->25", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 25 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.BOLD,20);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Bold/Size 25->20", xs, ys );
  ys += ( 20 + 1 ); // update by ( Font size + 1)

  drawFont = drawFont.deriveFont(Font.BOLD,25);
  g2d.setFont(drawFont);
  g2d.drawString("Print Correctly /MS Mincho/Bold/Size 20->25", xs, ys );


  // Draw Rectangle
     g2d.drawRect(5,5,(int)pagef.getImageableWidth()-10,
                      (int)pagef.getImageableHeight()-10);

     return ( Printable.PAGE_EXISTS );
  }

} // Class PrintFTeng end

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