409569 - Printing to PDF Does Not Wrap Graphics Correctly

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Anthony Herbst]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071127 Firefox/2.0.0.11
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.9 (20071031)

Printing a message from the Send editor to a PDF file for archiving does not result in correct wrapping of text around graphics in the message.  This arises when I cut and paste from an HTML article of a national newspaper in Firefox into Thunderbird, and then print to a PDF file.  The graphics seem to be placed correctly on the page, but the text does not wrap, but skips around the graphic images. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Copy with Ctl-C from a highlighted article in an online newspaper or magazine
2. Paste into Thunderbird editor with Ctl-V
3. Print to my PDF printer (I use Acrobat 8.)
Actual Results:  
This is one line of text

[Graphic appears alone here.]  -- Next line of text should wrap here when graphic is at left.

Next line of text prints here.

Expected Results:  
Text should appear wrapped to either left or right of a graphic, as it appears in the HTML that was pasted into the Thunderbird editor.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away, back Aug 4)]

Since the HTML appears correctly I would assume the wrong looking PDF is out of our control. (Could be a bug in Acrobat.)

Comment 2

[Anthony Herbst]

A bud in Acrobat is not very probable the cause in this instance because I can paste into Word 2007 or WordPerfect X3 and the graphics "print" perfectly to Acrobat PDF.  Also, in Linux I can paste into Open Office writer and "print" to PDF perfectly.  It is only from Thunderbird that I experience the incorrect wrapping of text around the graphics or placement of the graphics on the PDF page.   

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin] (away, back Aug 4)]

The html probably is a bit different between the applications, and you probably have to compare it carefully to find out what differs. 

Because still, we only produce the html, and that you say is correct...

Comment 4

[Anthony Herbst]

What I do is take HTML from an original newspaper article on the Internet. I copy and paste into Thunderbird.  Before I send the e-mail, I want to make a PDF archive copy that is identical to the original. 

I am not expert on HTML but understand it has commands for placement of graphics and for wrapping text around the graphics.  When I paste the HTML into Word or Open Office and create a PDF file it works as it is supposed to work.  From Thunderbird if works very well, except the graphics and text wrap do not.  The text will not share any lines with the graphic, and therefore the text appears only above the graphic and under the graphic.  

Comment 5

[Steve Simms]

What happens if you try printing it to a regular printer?

Comment 6

[Steve Simms]

No response in two weeks, so resolving as incomplete.  Please reopen if you're still having this problem and can provide more information.