Presentation drivers for monochrome devices must be able to draw pictures intended for color devices. A simple solution for hardcopy drivers is to map as follows:

• Background color to paper color.
  
• Foreground color to printer foreground except when:
  
  
  • In RGB mode. If the foreground RGB matches the default background RGB, use paper color.
    
  • In index mode. If the RGB foreground index matches the RGB color for Index 0, use paper color.

  To map the RGB colors to the device, the presentation driver must first establish the reset color, which is the base color for the device. The reset color can be one of the following:

  • Paper color for a hardcopy device with no loaded color table 
    SYSCLR_WINDOW for a monochrome display with no loaded color table
    
    CLR_BACKGROUND for any monochrome device that has a loaded color table

    Any color that is not the reset color is considered to be the contrast color. The values for the reset color and contrast color are either 000000h or FFFFFFh. When the reset color is 000000h, the contrast color is FFFFFFh. CLR_TRUE, CLR_FALSE, and CLR_DEFAULT are always honored independently of the reset color. The interpretation of CLR_BLACK and CLR_WHITE depends on the reset color.

    When GreQueryNearestColor is called for a monochrome device, the value returned is either the reset color or the contrast color. GreErasePS causes the color to be set to the value of the reset color. GreBitblt can also be used to transfer a color bit map to a monochrome device or bit map. In this case, the source image background color becomes the reset color and all other pels are represented by the contrast color. More sophisticated presentation drivers for monochrome devices should use half-toning for colors to provide more usable output. Half-toning can be applied to all graphic primitives.

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