RE: [iText-questions] Printing takes 5 times longer when using a PdfTransparencyGroup

2005-03-07 Thread Ruud Huynen
Thanks for your input. I tried the following: - Convert using ImageMagick, TIFF to PNG, make transparent, to PDF: Produced Memory overflow on the printer. Printing worked for 300 dpi, but is not that fine - Created transparent TIFF with Photoshop. Printing worked but took also a long time. In

Re: [iText-questions] Printing takes 5 times longer when using a PdfTransparencyGroup

2005-03-03 Thread Ruud Huynen
somebody now how to accomplish transparency. Thanks for all replies Ruud Leonard Rosenthol [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02.03.2005 19:25:34 At 12:09 PM 3/2/2005, Ruud Huynen wrote: gs.setBlendMode(PdfGState.BM_MULTIPLY); cb.setGState(gs); PdfTransparencyGroup group = new

[iText-questions] Printing takes 5 times longer when using a PdfTransparencyGroup

2005-03-02 Thread Ruud Huynen
Hello We have a document archive keeping documents and background-formulars seperate. On the fly a document is merged with its background (PDF containing a TIFF (non-transparent) or text). Here is an excerpt of my program, showing the fast printing OPTION 1 (1 page=30 seconds) and the desired,