Scott Raney wrote:
> > Has anyone seen this before, and what causes it?
>
> Most likely a transparent image overlaps the text. In order to get
> the background color/pattern of these things right when printing
> (printing of transparent images isn't supported by the printer drivers
> on any platform), it actually takes a snapshot of the rect on screen.
> If any text is in that rect, it's grabbed at screen resolution. But
> then that text will be drawn again at printer resolution, hence the
> "double exposure" effect.
>
> The best workaround is just to not use transparent images on stuff you
> will be printing. If you have to allow for them, you could hide the
> objects with text, do your own "import snapshot from rect" to grab an
> opaque image, delete or hide the original, then show the text objects
> again before printing.
Thanks Scott, that was the problem. Unfortunately, the images involved
are all background images imported by MC from HyperCard stacks. They
have to show during printing. I guess I'll have to try the snapshot thing.
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