Bug 240792 - White background of embedded elements is printed light yellow
Summary: White background of embedded elements is printed light yellow
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: okular
Classification: Applications
Component: PDF backend (show other bugs)
Version: 0.5.81
Platform: Debian unstable Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Okular developers
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Reported: 2010-06-05 11:09 UTC by Michael Schuerig
Modified: 2012-12-08 22:40 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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White backgrounds are printed in light yellow. (18.08 KB, application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
2010-06-06 12:34 UTC, Michael Schuerig
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White backgrounds are printed in light yellow by Okular, not Adobe Reader 9. (42.25 KB, application/pdf)
2010-06-06 12:35 UTC, Michael Schuerig
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Description Michael Schuerig 2010-06-05 11:09:53 UTC
Version:           0.5.81 (using KDE 4.4.3) 
OS:                Linux

When I print PDFs from Okular, images and other figures are often printed with a very light yellow background. I've been unable to ascertain the exact conditions.

For an example, when I print

http://spinroot.com/gerard/pdf/ASE_J_2008.pdf

all the figures have such a background. In this particular case, the saturation of the yellow is higher on the left for most figures, for some it is higher on the right.

These backgrounds do not appear when I print PDFs with Acrobat Reader 9, KGhostView or with the Gimp. Therefore I think the problem is caused by Okular.

Reproducible: Always




OS: Linux (i686) release 2.6.32-5-686
Compiler: cc

Printer: Lexmark C544dn color laser printer
CUPS: 1.4.3-1
KGhostView: 3.5.9-3
Ghostscript: 8.71~dfsg2-3
Gimp: 2.6.8-3
Comment 1 Michael Schuerig 2010-06-06 12:33:20 UTC
Originally I thought this problem was related to embedded images. It is not.

In a letter I created in OpenOffice.org Writer, backgrounds (of positioned elements?) are printed with a light yellow background. This happens when printing from OO.o Writer directly and when printing a generated PDF from Okular. When printing the same PDF from Adobe Reader 9 or KGhostView, there are no such discolorations.

So, the real cause may be in a place common to Okular and OO.o Writer, but not used by Adobe Reader 9 and KGhostView.
Comment 2 Michael Schuerig 2010-06-06 12:34:15 UTC
Created attachment 47732 [details]
White backgrounds are printed in light yellow.
Comment 3 Michael Schuerig 2010-06-06 12:35:01 UTC
Created attachment 47733 [details]
White backgrounds are printed in light yellow by Okular, not Adobe Reader 9.
Comment 4 Albert Astals Cid 2010-06-06 12:39:18 UTC
Can not reproduce, which poppler version do you have?
Comment 5 Michael Schuerig 2010-06-06 12:52:38 UTC
poppler is at 0.12.4-1 (Debian package).

I just tried Gnome evince 2.30.1-3 and there printing is correct, i.e., no yellow backgrounds.
Comment 6 Albert Astals Cid 2010-06-06 13:57:13 UTC
Oh, you mean print as in print to dead tree paper?
Comment 7 Michael Schuerig 2010-06-06 15:26:42 UTC
Isn't that what printing means?

On screen, everything looks fine in all viewers.
Comment 8 Albert Astals Cid 2010-06-06 15:30:51 UTC
You'd be surprised of the bad/sucky/awful english people use when reporting bugs.
Comment 9 Albert Astals Cid 2012-08-18 17:27:34 UTC
I just tried to print these files and they print as white to me, can you still reproduce the problem on newer KDE/Okular versions?

Thanks for caring about Okular :-)
Comment 10 Albert Astals Cid 2012-12-08 22:40:47 UTC
No answer in a while. Closing as invalid. Please reopen if it's still valid.

Thanks for caring about Okular :-)