I have been trying to print bitmaps from my delphi app but I just get
a blank page every time. My code is correct, even the supplied demo
apps (Graphex) will not print properly. I had heard that it could be a
memory problem, but I have plenty of RAM and disk space, so I don't
think that this is the source of my problem. I have got a GDI printer
though - could this be the reason? Using the TForm.Print method works
fine though.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Stephen McAreavey
smcarea...@sundog.thegap.com

I had a similar problem - I was using an HP Laserjet 4l.  I found that
with some printers it works, some it doesn't.   My workaround is to
copy it to a TDib object, then print that.  It works on all of the
printers I have tested!  

Here's my code - I'm sure it can be modified to your purposes.  prn is
the printer.canvas handle, prect is the destination rectangle, and bmp
is the bitmap.  I keifed the idea from the VCL source.

Procedure DIBPrint(prn: hDC; pRect: TRect; bmp: TBitmap);
var bmpInfo: pBITMAPINFO;
    InfoSize: Integer;
    ImageSize: LongInt;
    Image: Pointer;
    DIBwidth, DIBheight, printwidth, printheight: integer;
begin
      GetDibSizes(bmp.Handle, InfoSize, ImageSize);
    bmpInfo := MemAlloc(InfoSize);
    Image := MemAlloc(ImageSize);
    try
        GetDib(bmp.Handle, 0, bmpInfo^, Image^);
        with bmpInfo^.bmiHeader do
        begin
            DIBWidth := biWidth;
            DIBHeight := biHeight;
        end;
        PrintWidth := pRect.Right - pRect.Left;
        PrintHeight := pRect.Bottom - pRect.Top;

        StretchDIBits(prn, pRect.Left, pRect.Top, PrintWidth,
PrintHeight, 0, 0,
                        DIBWidth, DIBHeight, Image, bmpInfo^,
DIB_RGB_COLORS, SRCCOPY);
    finally
        FreeMem(image, imageSize);
        FreeMem(bmpInfo, InfoSize);
    end;
end;

Good luck!
Jenica Fuller
jen...@xmission.com