I'm running against a brick wall. I'm writing some HTML in ASP.NET
and JScript, in which I have a base image, and an overlay image, which
I want to be 25% opaque. I only need be concerned about IE5.5 / 6 at
this point.

I can render this quite nicely on screen several ways-- using PNGs,
GIFs, AlphaImageLoader filters, Alpha filters, IMG, SPAN, etc.
Beautiful.

The ugly part is when it gets to paper. I cannot get the overlay
image to render anything but completely opaque. No matter what I do,
it blots out the base image. It even shows up correctly in the "Print
Preview" screen.

Can anyone give me a few tips? Has anyone tried this? Is it a
problem on my end (bad printer!), or a problem with IE (recognized by
MSFT or otherwise)?

I'm also open to other graphic formats, as I'm creating the overlay
image on the fly, and it's a mere 1x1 pixel graphic, scaled up to the
size I need.

Alternately, are there any known ways to render semi-opaque images
reliably on paper that don't necessarily work on screen? I can change
my methodology when it comes time to print.

Lastly, is there a better place to post this question, if this isn't
good?

Thanks for any advice!

Paul
object88 at yahoo dot com