MacWorks:Transparent Objects Don't Print Correctly on PostScript
  
PSS ID Number: Q117253
Article last modified on 10-22-1998
 
4.0
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Works for the Macintosh, version 4.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Overlapping Draw objects may not print to a PostScript printer the way
they display in Print Preview. This problem may occur if any of the
Draw objects are formatted as Transparent. PostScript printers do
not support transparent object formatting.
 
If you format a shape as transparent and layer it over another object,
it will display as transparent in Print Preview, but will print as
opaque when printed to a PostScript printer. In other words, any
objects layered behind the transparent object will not appear on the
printout.
 
This is a limitation of PostScript printing. Layered transparent objects
print
correctly on QuickDraw printers such as the StyleWriter and
ImageWriter.
 
KBCategory: kbprint
KBSubcategory: macworkskb
 
Additional reference words: 4.00 mac b&w see through post script multi-
layered multilayered on top of each other background front over
 
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Keywords          : kbprint
Version           : 4.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb
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