diff --git a/src/fl_draw_image_win32.cxx b/src/fl_draw_image_win32.cxx
index e735dcaa0..82dcc5ee4 100644
--- a/src/fl_draw_image_win32.cxx
+++ b/src/fl_draw_image_win32.cxx
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 #include <FL/fl_draw.H>
 #include <FL/x.H>
 
-#define MAXBUFFER 0x40000 // 256k
+//#define MAXBUFFER 0x40000 // 256k
+#define MAXBUFFER 0x100000 // 1024k
 
 #if USE_COLORMAP
 
@@ -254,6 +255,22 @@ static void innards(const uchar *buf, int X, int Y, int W, int H,
         }            
       }
     }
+    if(Fl_Device::current()->type() == Fl_Device::gdi_printer) {
+      // if print context, device and logical units are not equal, so SetDIBitsToDevice
+      // does not do the expected job, whereas StretchDIBits does it.
+      // TODO with Fl_Printer::print_window_part(), StretchDIBits does not work well 
+      // with large captures whereas SetDIBitsToDevice does.
+      StretchDIBits(fl_gc, x, y+j-k, w, k, 0, 0, w, k,
+		    (LPSTR)((uchar*)buffer+(blocking-k)*linesize),
+		    &bmi,
+#if USE_COLORMAP
+		    indexed ? DIB_PAL_COLORS : DIB_RGB_COLORS
+#else
+		    DIB_RGB_COLORS
+#endif
+		    , SRCCOPY );
+    }
+    else {
       SetDIBitsToDevice(fl_gc, x, y+j-k, w, k, 0, 0, 0, k,
 			(LPSTR)((uchar*)buffer+(blocking-k)*linesize),
 			&bmi,
@@ -263,6 +280,7 @@ static void innards(const uchar *buf, int X, int Y, int W, int H,
 			DIB_RGB_COLORS
 #endif
 			);
+      }
   }
 }