claudiocazal Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 Since the last days I am losing all my printing (directly to my L14150 EPSON printer or "Windows Print to PDF"). All imagens with transparence backgraound started to lose the transparence or bright changing, as shown below: There is no filter, transformation, FX, mask (...) applied. Just a PNG over other image. Everything was working fine untill few days ago. What is happening? If I do the same art using Corel, the correct result os obtained: I am using Affinity V 2.0.4 and tryed to chance de color profile several times. Its an Affinity bug, definitely. Is anyone having the same bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted March 3, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 3, 2023 Hi @claudiocazal, I've just tried printing from my Windows laptop with no issues. Same when printing to a PDF. Could you either attach your afdesign file or upload it to our Dropbox here and i'll try with your file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_TNC Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 I've been having the same issue. If I export as a pdf to then print I get a colour drop for any layers that have had an fx such as a transparency. In a way.... I'm glad you have the issue as very few seem to have the same problem and I'm pulling my hair out trying to find the solution. Running on Apple Mac Affinity Designer: 1.10.6 Printer: OKI 9431 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sarkar Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 3/2/2023 at 11:25 PM, claudiocazal said: Just a PNG over other image. Hello I think the Alpha transparency PNG is the main issue with Affinity. When ever I cutout something from Affinity Photo and export as PNG with transparent background and import in Publisher I got the same issue not only with My Epson L110 but also with Canon 2010 & HP LJ 1005M. (for me PDF or Apub, APhoto file all are the same when it is come from Affinity and I am with V1) Solution : Print as image. Quote Thank you for anything & everything. ‘‘কেউ শুধালে বোলো, আমি কাছের তো নই দূরের কেউ৷ সাগর বেলায় ধাক্কা দিয়ে মিলিয়ে যাওয়া প্রবল ঢেউ।’’ - নাদিয়া জামান Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_TNC Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 18 minutes ago, BAKAI said: Hello I think the Alpha transparency PNG is the main issue with Affinity. When ever I cutout something from Affinity Photo and export as PNG with transparent background and import in Publisher I got the same issue not only with My Epson L110 but also with Canon 2010 & HP LJ 1005M. (for me PDF or Apub, APhoto file all are the same when it is come from Affinity and I am with V1) Solution : Print as image. When you suggest 'print as image' are you meaning to rasterise all layers?.... if so I get a drop in the colour as if the whole thing has a transparency over it. Very frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_TNC Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 I'v been told "it is down to the construction of the PDF and how it treats the transparency" Not sure how this helps but it is super frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_TNC Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 Still pulling my hair out with this.... I can see there have been similar issues going back a number of years but there never seems to be an answer. Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, The_TNC said: Still pulling my hair out with this.... I can see there have been similar issues going back a number of years but there never seems to be an answer. Help Some PDF formats support transparency, and some don't. So, first, I think we would need to know what Export settings you're choosing. We would probably also need the document that has a problem when you export it. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_TNC Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 I have literally tried to export in all the PDF options available... still the same problem... i get a shading for the layer where I have added opacity. In the PDF Flatterned I don't get the layered transparcany issue but the whole document has a reduced colour... as if it is faded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Love Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Has this problem been answered anywhere? I've had the same problem on several documents. Wherever I use the Transparency Tool, the exported PDF's look fine, but when printed those items have full color on my personal printer. Strangely, when the document was sent to the University Print services for a larger print job, it turned out fine. Is this a printer specific problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claudiocazal Posted October 25, 2023 Author Share Posted October 25, 2023 I applied a little of brigth/contrast and solved. This transparece “bug” happened with just few of my projects and I never discovered the cause…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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