On Tuesday 07 February 2006 13:28, Rob Kemp wrote: > Hi. I am using Mandriva 2006 LE, with the distribution-supplied > scribus-1.3.1-4mdk. > > I have laid out a double-sided A4 leaflet which I am attempting to > print out on a Samsung colour laser printer. On the front of the > leaflet there is an image frame which is filled with a maroon > colour, and into this I have imported an image that I created in > Inkscape. The image is basically a rectangle with a curved top on a > transparent background. > > When I try to print the leaflet from the Scribus-created PDF file, > different things happen depending on which program I use to print > it. > > If I use Acrobat 7 under Windows, the leaflet prints out perfectly > - including the image on the cover. Using Acrobat 7.0.5 under > Linux, however, produces a printout in which the 'shoulders' of the > image - i.e. the transparent bits above either side of the curved > top of the image - appear darker than the background of the image > frame. > > If I use xpdf, the image prints out as a rectangle - i.e. the > curved bit disappears. > > I can see that this is impossible to explain in words so I have > uploaded a copy of the pdf file here: > > privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~rpkemp/leafletXXX.pdf > > ... in case anyone is kind enough to want to have a look. > > Another oddity about using xpdf is that the logo that appears near > the bottom of the cover, which ought to be on a transparent > background, comes out as a black rectangle when printed out. Only > in xpdf, though. > > Sorry if I haven't given enough (or the right) details. As you can > probably tell I'm an amateur. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rob
Hi, Yes, I see the issue here too. It very well could be a bug in Acro Reader on Linux or a printing setting you are using. First xpdf has limited support for transparency in pdf 1.4, so I am not surprised the transparency is black. This is noted in the docs very clearly. In your particular file, I would need to see the source files and images to see what is going on. Please feel free to mail them to me offlist. Peter
