Artboard differs from exported PDF differs from printout

[quarki69]

Dear all,

 

pleeeeaaaase help. I have finally finished the design for my leaflets that should already have been printed days ago.

 

Now I exported the artboards to pdf documents and printed them out.

Unfortunately the printout differs from the pdf in case of the front side (the one with the blue soabpox running down the hill) where the text area's background is printed out in plain white instead of a text area with a background.  :(

 

 

 

Then for the other side, the pdf differs from the artboards in Designer, as you can see on the second screen print attached.  :wacko:

 

 

Slowly but surely I am getting in big trouble and badly want to finish this part of the project. Of course, this is all voluntary and free time work, but nevertheless, we have to spread the leaflets now.

So any hint would be highly appreciated. Thank you very much!  :unsure:

 

 

[MEB]

Hi quarki69,

Can you upload the original afdesign file (or PM me a link) so we can take a look?

All files will be deleted after being inspected.

Thanks.

[quarki69]

PM sent! Thank you very much, MEB!  :)

[MEB]

Hi quarki69,

Thanks for the file.

Which PDF preset are you using to export the file?

Do you have customized the PDF export settings?

[quarki69]

Thanks, MEB! I stuck to the tutorial on exporting files. I chose PDF/X-4 exactly like in the video. I did not change anything to the setting. Should I?

[quarki69]

I just chose the "PDF for Print" option and now the front side is printed correctly. The picture background (photo) on the inside is still missing on the PDF though.

[quarki69]

Now I changed the order of the lowest two layers (blue tint and photo) and now the PDF looks also good; aaaaaaannnnnnd, yep, is printing out just fine!  :)

 

Oh, nope, I just see that the front side is completely messed up now, already as a PDF. Layers are shining through, but set back to PDF (flatten) seems to correct this issue.  :huh:

[MEB]

Hi quarki69,

Seems there's a few issues with the PDF exporter that are preventing your file from exporting correctly.

I've passed this to the developers to be looked at.

[JimmyJack]

This is the same problem on both examples right? A color block with transparency (or some sort of blending) is coming out opaque.

 

I believe I had this same issue a little while ago.

 

The workaround (I think) that worked was to rasterize the color block layer. Or maybe it was the image.

Try it. Maybe that will suffice in the meantime while the bugs are being worked out.

[quarki69]

Thank you very much, JJ!  :) I chose a different PDF format for export and were able to create PDF files that were matching my needs.

Thanks a lot! I am truly in love with the Affinity products and totally love this forum and it's supportive members! Cheers!