On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:51:04AM -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 18:45:21 +1100 > rcook at pcug.org.au (Owen Cook) wrote: > > > > OK, I converted the gif to a png (in the Gimp) and it all came out OK, the > > gif is the problem I > > guess > > It can indeed be fixed that way, but the question is why it doesn't work the > way that I presented it in the archive. It's a perfectly valid graphic file > (apparently) and it looks fine as a PDF directly exported from Scrubus. But > it turns into a black box when it's printed-to-file. > > Why?
These days I just make things work, the "whys" of life I leave to someone else. Though I suspect it is because it is an indexed file. The rule once, for other reasons was "Don't use gifs", and I tend to adhere to that rule still. Owen
