[reportlab-users] Image - mask parameter - effect on screen vs printer ?

[Tim Roberts]

Richard Shea wrote:

> To do this I've identified the colour which is current background of the

> image (229, 229, 229) and set the mask parameter on the corresponding

> Image object to ['229', '229', '229', '229', '229', '229'] so that that

> colour should become transparent.

>

> I then set the relevant row in the table to have a BACKGROUND of

> Color(float(229)/256, float(229)/256, float(229)/256).


Your denominators should be 255, not 256.  Remember that 255 maps to
1.0.  That's a small difference, but in a sophisticated color printer,
it might be visible.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.