Rotated italic text flows in the wrong direction when it's printed on a PCL6 printer in Windows 8.1

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Symptoms

When you print XPS documents to a PCL6 printer, and these documents contain fonts that don't include italic type, rotated italic text is inclined and flows in the wrong direction.

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Cause

This problem occurs because PCL6 and XPS handle character transformations in the opposite order.

Msxpspcl6.dll identifies cases in which rotation is not supported and therefore falls back to rasterization. However, it does not identify cases in which there is a rotation and the font is italic type.

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Resolution

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft Support. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing the problem described in this article. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, go to the following Microsoft website:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

To apply this update in Windows 8.1, you must first have update 2919355 installed.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any previously released hotfix.

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File information

The English (United States) version of this hotfix installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and the times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and the times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

Windows 8.1 file information and notes

Important Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 hotfixes are included in the same packages. However, only "Windows 8.1" is listed on the Hotfix Request page. To request the hotfix package that applies to one or both operating systems, select the hotfix that is listed under "Windows 8.1" on the page. Always refer to the "Applies To" section in articles to determine the actual operating system that each hotfix applies to.

The files that apply to a specific product, milestone (RTM,SPn), and service branch (LDR, GDR) can be identified by examining the file version numbers as shown in the following table.

Version Product Milestone Service branch
6.3.960 0.17 xxx Windows 8.1 RTM GDR
The MANIFEST files (.manifest) and the MUM files (.mum) that are installed for each environment are listed separately in the "Additional file information for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2" section. MUM and MANIFEST files, and the associated security catalog (.cat) files, are extremely important to maintain the state of the updated components. The security catalog files, for which the attributes are not listed, are signed with a Microsoft digital signature.

Version	Product	Milestone	Service branch
6.3.960 0.17 xxx	Windows 8.1	RTM	GDR

For all supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Msxpspcl6.dll	0.3.9600.17897	4,640,256	03-Jun-2015	13:49	x86
Msxpsps.dll	0.3.9600.17896	4,602,368	02-Jun-2015	16:29	x86
V3hostingfilter-pipelineconfig.xml	Not Applicable	385	16-Dec-2014	00:36	Not Applicable
V3hostingfilter.dll	0.3.9600.17896	44,032	02-Jun-2015	16:36	x86

For all supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Msxpspcl6.dll	0.3.9600.17897	5,254,144	03-Jun-2015	13:55	x64
Msxpsps.dll	0.3.9600.17896	5,243,392	02-Jun-2015	17:16	x64
V3hostingfilter-pipelineconfig.xml	Not Applicable	385	16-Dec-2014	18:03	Not Applicable
V3hostingfilter.dll	0.3.9600.17896	57,344	02-Jun-2015	17:26	x64

Additional file information for Windows 8.1

Additional files for all supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1

File name	X86_ntprint4.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17897_none_dab80bcdc01dca12.manifest
File version	Not Applicable
File size	4,816
Date (UTC)	04-Jun-2015
Time (UTC)	00:27

Additional files for all supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1

File name	Amd64_ntprint4.inf_31bf3856ad364e35_6.3.9600.17897_none_36d6a751787b3b48.manifest
File version	Not Applicable
File size	4,828
Date (UTC)	04-Jun-2015
Time (UTC)	00:31