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CBitmap bitmap;

// if you load the bitmap from a file, you would do this line differently
bitmap.LoadBitmap(ID_BITMAP);


HANDLE hDib ;
hDib = ImageToDIB(&bitmap, iImage, this) ; // this is a dialog window in this example
BITMAPINFOHEADER    *pBMI ;
pBMI = (BITMAPINFOHEADER*)GlobalLock(hDib) ;
int nColors = 0;
if (pBMI->biBitCount <= 8)
    {
    nColors = (1 << pBMI->biBitCount);
    }
// print the correct image
::StretchDIBits(printer_dc,
                    0,
                    0,
                    pBMI->biWidth,
                    pBMI->biHeight,
                    0,
                    0,
                    pBMI->biWidth,
                    pBMI->biHeight,
                    (LPBYTE)pBMI + (pBMI->biSize + nColors * sizeof(RGBQUAD)),
                    (BITMAPINFO*)pBMI,
                    DIB_RGB_COLORS,
                    SRCCOPY);
// free resources
GlobalUnlock(hDib) ;
GlobalFree(hDib) ;