86857 - printing into postscript printer --> file: transparent png/gif appear black

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 12037

(Core :: Printing: Output, defect)

Description

[Ioannis Kalafatis]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.1) Gecko/20010607
BuildID:    2001060703

When printing html files that contain png/gif image files with transparency into
a postscript printer (e.g. Apple Color LW 12/660 PS )
configured to output to a file, the images files appear black

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Add Printer --> e.g. Apple Color LW 12/660 PS --> Port: FILE:  (Creates a file
on disk)
2.Print html file with transparent gif/png into file foo.prn
3.Rename foo.prn into foo.ps.

Actual Results:  View with GSview. Gif/png images appear black

Comment 1

[Jason Belcher]

Attachment: testcase png with transparency

Comment 2

[Jason Belcher]

Attachment: after printing testcase

Comment 3

[Jason Belcher]

d'oh! those first 2 testcases are bogus, the transparency didnt save on my
graphics program :(
can someone who knows what theyre doing (and has access) delete them or something?

I'll make some that work

Comment 4

[Jason Belcher]

Attachment: transparent gif testcase (that works)

Comment 5

[Jason Belcher]

Attachment: result of printing testcase

Comment 6

[Jason Belcher]

Wierd. I'm getting transparent printed right, but white becomes black. Hmmm...

Comment 7

[sujay]

isn't this the same bug as 12037 ?? please mark it a DUP if it is...

cc: tpreston

Comment 8

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12037 ***

Comment 9

[sujay]

verified.