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Print-to-file of any page at nytimes.com that includes pictures prints the pictures as black boxes

RandomTroll
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Firefox 11 crashed when I tried to print-to-file any page that included graphics as a pdf; printing as a ps printed only 1 page.

Firefox 12 no longer crashes, but any page at nytimes.com creates a pdf or ps with black boxes where the pictures are. print preview looks right. So I still use Opera to do this.

Unlike Firefox 11 I can properly print-to-file some pages that include pictures at other websites, such as pages at mozilla.org.

Firefox 11 crashed when I tried to print-to-file any page that included graphics as a pdf; printing as a ps printed only 1 page. Firefox 12 no longer crashes, but any page at nytimes.com creates a pdf or ps with black boxes where the pictures are. print preview looks right. So I still use Opera to do this. Unlike Firefox 11 I can properly print-to-file some pages that include pictures at other websites, such as pages at mozilla.org.

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Tristan C.
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Hello RandomTroll,

you should read the following articles to troubleshoot the problem: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problems_printing_web_pages and [printing troubleshooting]

Thank you for your patience and please let me know how it goes.

Edeziri site na Tristan C.

RandomTroll
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Of course I read the troubleshooting documents and FAQs and tried everything before I asked.

cor-el
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Seems to be fine here on Linux with printing to PDF.

Does it help if you enable printing background images in the print options?

RandomTroll
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Neither 'printing background images' nor 'printing background colors' makes a difference.

I tried Adobe's help page, in case it was a problem with Acrobat. I printed its help page: some images came out black boxes, some correctly. They're all PNGs. I'll try to figure out other differences. xpdf shows black boxes too.