333495 - Printed output is messed up for Rounded Corners on gradient background CSS tutorial

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Arnold Weekley]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

The sample page shows an example of using CSS for a 3 column layout. The page has a gradient background. There are boxes, one in each column, that have a white area with rounded corners overlaying the background. These areas contain the page text.

Firefox displays the example page ok in the browser, but when printed, the rounded corners disappear. In addition, the background prints over a portion of the white area. The text appears to display correctly.

I am printing to a network attached HP Laserjet 4600 PS printer.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Navigate to the page
2. Print the page
3.

Actual Results:  
Output is garbled.

Expected Results:  
The printed output should match the browser's rendition.

Comment 1

[Arnold Weekley]

Attachment: This is a PDF that shows what the printed output looks like.

The PDF attachement was created using the PrimoPDF print driver on Windows 2000.

Comment 2

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 3

[Arnold Weekley]

The printing has been improved significantly, but is still not quite right. I can see the rounded corners (I'm guessing it's the image outline), but the white space extends to the entire enclosing frame on the printer while it doesn't in the browser. I'm attaching a new PDF that shows the current output. I get the same effect if I print to a printer or to a PDF. I didn't see where I posted the URL for the page in the original submission, but it's 

http://www.alistapart.com/d/customcorners2/step2.4.html.

I running the following version of Firefox.

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4

Comment 4

[Arnold Weekley]

Attachment: Illustrate rounded corners printing issue in FF 2.0.0.4

Comment 5

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.3 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME
http://www.mozilla.com
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode

Comment 6

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.x or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.