https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+bug/247136 inspired me to look at tags inside the svg, and explains why the original svg is filled with black boxes for me.
At the end of the "simple red circle" file I posted, when opened in a text editor, you can see a tag marked <g></g>. This tag has two "path" tags inside it. If you delete the contents of the second path tag, which contains the line 'style="fill:#ff0000"', you'll notice that the red circle in print preview (from within Inkscape) no longer appears. Deleting the first of these two path sections from the file, or deleting other parts of the file, and the phantom red circle remains in print preview. In the original file there are probably many more rogue "path" sections that slipped into the document during creation. -- Huge color "blobs" in PDF export and print https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/248721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
