Layers!

Hello everybody!

This is a strange question, I guess: when opening a .pdf file (with PDF Xchange viewer) that I created with PDF-Creator, I cannot see all the layers I printed in my file!

Or, to be more specific, when opening my document, I see the first layer for 1/4 of a second, then the second layer for 1/4 of a second, then the third layer appears, but ONLY it: the two previous layers disappeared, as if they where covered by the last one.
–> this means that the three layer are actually existing in my .pdf, but that they cannot be seen in transparency or superposition.

Let me explain you what I did: I created a map with a software called Map Maker. This map includes 3 layers: a photo, the “cadastre” and the polygons I drew. Then I printed this map with PDF-Creator. I must specify that, at this point, while still in Map Maker, I could see the three layers with the “preview” option.

Thank you for your help, if you can!

Best regards.

Antoine.

PS:

I am using version 1.7.2 with Windows Vista SP2.
I am going to post my setup.log in the next post.

----- Setup - Start: 2015-04-10 18:09:10 -----
Install PDFCreator: 1.7.2
InstallerDirectory: D:\00 Mes docs\08 Mes téléchargements\PDF Creator
X64: no

Start AnalyzeCommandlineParameters
 Parameter /VERYSILENT: false
 Parameter /SILENT: false
 Parameter /FORCEINSTALL: false
 Parameter /REMOVEOPTIONS: false
 Parameter /DONTINSTALLPRINTERS: false
 Parameter /EXPERT: false
 No Parameter /LoadInf
 No Parameter /SaveInf
 No Parameter /REGFile
 No Parameter /PPDFile
 No Parameter /Printername
End AnalyzeCommandlineParameters

WindowsVersionNumber: 6.0.6002
Silent installation: false
GUITS (7000, 50): 19
Update: 0
Installed PDFCreator version: 0.0.0
Installed PDFCreator version is lower 1.5.1 = true
nationCode: 84
InstallPDFCreatorPrinter = true
OS: 2
IMC:
AppPath: C:\Program Files\PDF Creator
InstalledPDFCreatorVersion: Not installed
DontInstallPrinters: false
SPT: false

Printerstatus before installing:
Spooler service: is running
Printermonitors [5]:
 WSD Port
 Standard TCP/IP Port
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor
 Local Port
 Canon BJNP Port

Printerports [13]:
 USB001
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
 COM1:
 COM2:
 COM3:
 COM4:
 FILE:
 LPT1:
 LPT2:
 LPT3:
 XPSPort:
 NUL:
 CNBJNP_D8492F318EAD

Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [7]:
 PDF Architect Driver
 MM composition driver
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
 Canon MG5500 series Printer XPS
 Canon MG5500 series Printer
 Canon Inkjet Writer for EWP

Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

Printers [5]:
 MM composition printer
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
 Canon MG5500 series Printer XPS
 Canon MG5500 series Printer

Printerdriver-Directory (Environment: Windows 4.0):
 Result: Success = C:\Windows\system32\spool\DRIVERS\WIN40

Printerdriver-Directory (Environment: Windows NT x86):
 Result: Success = C:\Windows\system32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86

Install printerport:
 Portname : pdfcmon
 Result: Success

InstallMonitor:
 Monitorname : pdfcmon
 Environment : Windows NT x86
 Result: Success

Install printerdriver for Win2kXP2k3 (32bit):
 Drivername : PDFCreator
 Environment : Windows NT x86
 Result: Success

InstallPrinter:
 Printername: PDF Creator
 Drivername : PDFCreator
 Portname   : pdfcmon
 Result: Success

Printerstatus after installing:
Spooler service: is running
Printermonitors [6]:
 pdfcmon
 WSD Port
 Standard TCP/IP Port
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Monitor
 Local Port
 Canon BJNP Port

Printerports [14]:
 pdfcmon
 USB001
 Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Port:
 COM1:
 COM2:
 COM3:
 COM4:
 FILE:
 LPT1:
 LPT2:
 LPT3:
 XPSPort:
 NUL:
 CNBJNP_D8492F318EAD

Printerdrivers (Windows 4.0) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT x86) [8]:
 PDFCreator
 PDF Architect Driver
 MM composition driver
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Driver
 Canon MG5500 series Printer XPS
 Canon MG5500 series Printer
 Canon Inkjet Writer for EWP

Printerdrivers (Windows x64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows IA64) [0]:

Printerdrivers (Windows NT Alpha_AXP) [0]:

Printers [6]:
 PDF Creator
 MM composition printer
 Microsoft XPS Document Writer
 Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
 Canon MG5500 series Printer XPS
 Canon MG5500 series Printer

IC:1|1.7.2|0|fr|b0|d0

— Systeminformation - Start —
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WinDir: C:\Windows
Win64: false
ProcessorArchitecture: X86
.Net 2.0: true
.Net 2.0 regasm.exe:C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\RegAsm.exe
SystemDir: C:\Windows\system32
TempDir: C:\Users\Antoine\AppData\Local\Temp\
CurrentDir: C:\Windows\system32
Computername: SATELLITE
Username: Antoine
UILanguage: 1036
Internet Explorer version: 9.0.8112.16421
Path: C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\wbem;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\AMD APP\bin\x86;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ULEADS~1\MPEG;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone
C:\Windows\system32\Wbem\framedyn.dll: NOT found
framedyn.dll: found in path
— Systeminformation - End —

— Environment - Start —
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
AMDAPPSDKROOT=C:\Program Files\AMD APP\
APPDATA=C:\Users\Antoine\AppData\Roaming
asl.log=Destination=file
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=SATELLITE
ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\Antoine
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\Antoine\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\SATELLITE
MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH=C:\Program Files\PDF viewer\PDF Viewer\
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32\wbem;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\AMD APP\bin\x86;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\ULEADS~1\MPEG;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
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PROCESSOR_LEVEL=6
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ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files
PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
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SystemRoot=C:\Windows
TEMP=C:\Users\Antoine\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=C:\Users\Antoine\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN=Satellite
USERNAME=Antoine
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— Environment - End —

----- Setup - End:   2015-04-10 18:12:22 -----

Hi,


I am afriad PDFCreator doesn’t support transparency as it works like a virtual (postscript)printer.

best regards,


Sure, Robin. Transparency is taken care of by my primary software, Map Maker. When I am ready to “print” on PDF Maker, what I can see on the preview within Map Maker is perfectly all-right, ie the three layers make one single image with all the information of each layer visible “in transparency”.

However, when I look at the resulting file printed by PDF Maker, be it with PDF Viewer or Adobe, I see only one part of the image I created; more specifically, I can see the last layer.

What is really surprising is that the two other layers ARE ALSO INCLUDED in the .pdf file created by PDF Creator. And I know that because, as I said:
a) when opening my .pdf document with Adobe or PDF Viewer, I can see the first layer for 1/4 of a second,
then the second layer for 1/4 of a second, then the third layer appears and covers the two previous;
b) when I zoom in or out, or when I move the image, I can see those two layers exactly the same way as I just described, then the third layer covers the rest.

So my question is: what can I do in order Map Maker and PDF creator to work together well?
Is it a matter of settings in one or the other software?

Let me add that when I print my Map Maker document on my Canon printer, the result is what I expected, ie I previewed in Map Maker. So my printer understands (or is set correctly) what PDF Maker does not (or maybe it is not set correctly?).

I hope you understand what I am trying to explain. But I must admit that I do not know much about printers and postscipts…