Screen view doesn't always print

[C B Lucas]

When I use my own pattern to fill with 100% opacity, what I see on the screen prints as I would expect.

If however another part of the page has any drawing without 100% opacity everything prints except my own pattern.

If I use one of the patterns provided, that prints perfectly under the same conditions.

If my own pattern doesn't have 100% opacity, again it isn't printed, although everything else on the page is.

I find this really weird.

Is there a way round this problem, before the bug is fixed?

Inkscape 0.48.1.0 on Windows XP with an HP PCL6 laser printer.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

Please attach a sample SVG file with your custom pattern which exposes the reported issue, to allow further investigation with different versions of Inkscape on different systems.

Is this limited to printing (on Windows), or does the same happen if you save a copy as PostScript (or PDF) via 'File > Save'?
If saving a copy as PDF works correctly, does printing the PDF file from a PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Reader) produce the expected hard-copy?

[C B Lucas (cb-lucas)]

Many thanks for your fast response.

I have attached the SVG file as requested.

The PDF version displays and prints correctly, but I am warned on conversion that I might lose data.

My ultimate aim is to prepare vector graphics drawings and text (but not the attached!) for publication, which presumably means that I will need to convert to PDF eventually.

So what is causing Inkscape (or is it Windows?) to misbehave?

C B Lucas

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Subject: [Bug 1052955] Re: Screen view doesn't always print

Please attach a sample SVG file with your custom pattern which exposes
the reported issue, to allow further investigation with different
versions of Inkscape on different systems.

Is this limited to printing (on Windows), or does the same happen if you save a copy as PostScript (or PDF) via 'File > Save'?
If saving a copy as PDF works correctly, does printing the PDF file from a PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Reader) produce the expected hard-copy?

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Title:
  Screen view doesn't always print

Status in Inkscape: A Vector Drawing Tool:
  New

Bug description:
  When I use my own pattern to fill with 100% opacity, what I see on the
  screen prints as I would expect.

  If however another part of the page has any drawing without 100%
  opacity everything prints except my own pattern.

  If I use one of the patterns provided, that prints perfectly under the
  same conditions.

  If my own pattern doesn't have 100% opacity, again it isn't printed,
  although everything else on the page is.

  I find this really weird.

  Is there a way round this problem, before the bug is fixed?

  Inkscape 0.48.1.0 on Windows XP with an HP PCL6 laser printer.

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[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

confirmed on Windows XP, Inkscape rev 11668.
The pattern at the top middle prints only if the opacity is set to 100% in the oval at the bottom right.

- the pdf output both displays and prints correctly.

>> The PDF version displays and prints correctly, but I am warned on conversion that I might lose data.
- with respect to the warning message that you are getting, if this happens as you are closing Inkscape, then you can ignore it. This is a nuisance message that occurs whenever you save a document in a different format.

[su_v (suv-lp)]

<off-topic>
> The PDF version displays and prints correctly, but I
> am warned on conversion that I might lose data.

That's why I asked about saving a copy as PDF (menu 'File > Save a copy…') which will not result in such a message.
</off-topic>

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

- reproduced on Inkscape rev 22583, Nov 22, 2009
- attached is the pdf file produced by PDFCreator, which shows the same problem

[Alvin Penner (apenner)]

- partially reproduced on Inkscape 0.47pre1, July 3, 2009, attached is the output of PDF Creator

in both cases it is clear that the pattern is actually present, but is being hidden by something else. If I load these pdf files on an old, slow, machine , then the bottom half of the missing pattern appears briefly while loading, and is then overwritten by a blank rectangle.

[jazzynico (jazzynico)]

Reproduced again on Windows XP, Inkscape trunk revision 13508, printing with PrimoPDF.
Not reproduced on Crunchbang Waldorf.