FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_02"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b06, mixed mode)


A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
1.) printing a BufferedImage of type TYPE_INT_ARGB

This image will not print transparent. It will print a multiplied color value. You can see the effect if you comment out the line "writeRead( img );" If you comment in the line then the image will be save on disk as png and read. If you print the read-write image then the transparent is printing correctly. I see no difference between the both images. Both are BufferedImage. Both include the same image data. There is also no documentation on BufferedImage that I should use a specific type for using with printing.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
- Run the attached code

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Transparent image shows text behind
ACTUAL -
Text behind transparent image does not show

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

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import java.awt.*;

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import java.awt.print.*;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.IOException;



import javax.imageio.ImageIO;



//import com.inet.viewer.ViewerUtils;



public class TestPrintImage {



    

    public static void main( String[] args ) {

try {

        PrinterJob pj=PrinterJob.getPrinterJob();

        pj.setPrintable(new MyPrintable());

        //pj.print();

} catch (Exception ex) {

ex.printStackTrace();

}

    }



    

    static class MyPrintable implements Printable {



        public int print( Graphics g, PageFormat pf, int pageIndex ) throws PrinterException{

            if( pageIndex != 0 )

                return NO_SUCH_PAGE;



            Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;

            g2.translate( pf.getImageableX(), pf.getImageableY() );



            g2.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON );

            g2.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON );

            //g2.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY );



            g2.setFont( new Font( "SansSerif", Font.PLAIN, 12 ) );

            g2.setColor( Color.BLACK );

            g2.drawString( "This is text 1.", 0, 20 ); // under the image



            BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage( 100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB );

            Graphics gImg = img.createGraphics();

            gImg.setColor( new Color( 192, 192, 192, 80 ) );

            gImg.fillRect( 0, 0, 100, 100 );

            gImg.setColor( Color.BLACK );

            gImg.drawRect( 0, 0, 99, 99 );

            gImg.dispose();

            try {

                //img = writeRead( img );

                g2.drawImage( img, 10, 0, 90, 90, null ); // draw the image

            } catch( Exception e ) {

                e.printStackTrace();

            }



            g2.drawString( "This is text 2.", 0, 50 ); // over the image

            g2.drawString( "This is text 3.", 0, 200 ); // outsite the image



            return PAGE_EXISTS;

        }

    }



    static BufferedImage writeRead(BufferedImage img) throws Exception{

        File file = File.createTempFile( "tmp", null );

        ImageIO.write( img, "png", file );

        img = ImageIO.read( file );

System.out.println(file.getParent());

        //file.delete();

        return img;

    }

    

}
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