diff --git a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/image/png.coffee b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/image/png.coffee
index 340c88c1..a66d5414 100644
--- a/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/image/png.coffee
+++ b/pitfall/pdfkit/lib/image/png.coffee
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ class PNGImage
   splitAlphaChannel: ->
     console.log("start splitAlphaChannel in png.coffee")
     @image.decodePixels (pixels) =>
+      console.log("decoded pixels length=" + pixels.length);
+      console.log("decoded pixels=");
+      console.log(pixels);
+
       colorByteSize = @image.colors * @image.bits / 8
       pixelCount = @width * @height
       imgData = new Buffer(pixelCount * colorByteSize)
@@ -120,13 +124,28 @@ class PNGImage
         imgData[p++] = pixels[i++]
         alphaChannel[a++] = pixels[i++]
 
+      console.log("uncompressed imgData length=" + imgData.length)
+      console.log("uncompressed imgData=")
+      console.log(imgData)
+
+      console.log("uncompressed alphaChannel length=" + alphaChannel.length)
+      console.log("uncompressed alphaChannel=")
+      console.log(alphaChannel)
+
       done = 0
       zlib.deflate imgData, (err, @imgData) =>
         throw err if err
+        console.log("compressed @imgData length=" + @imgData.length)
+        console.log("compressed @imgData=")
+        console.log(@imgData)
+
         @finalize() if ++done is 2
 
       zlib.deflate alphaChannel, (err, @alphaChannel) =>
         throw err if err
+        console.log("compressed @alphaChannel length=" + @alphaChannel.length)
+        console.log("compressed @alphaChannel=")
+        console.log(@alphaChannel)
         @finalize() if ++done is 2
 
   loadIndexedAlphaChannel: (fn) ->
diff --git a/pitfall/pdfkit/node_modules/png-js/png-node.js b/pitfall/pdfkit/node_modules/png-js/png-node.js
index a8d69d8b..c28e28a8 100644
--- a/pitfall/pdfkit/node_modules/png-js/png-node.js
+++ b/pitfall/pdfkit/node_modules/png-js/png-node.js
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@
           }
           row++;
         }
+        console.log("decoded pixels length=" + pixels.length);
+        console.log("decoded pixels=");
+        console.log(pixels);
         return fn(pixels);
       });
     };
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@
     };
 
     PNG.prototype.decode = function(fn) {
+      console.log("another call to decodePixels")
       var ret,
         _this = this;
       ret = new Buffer(this.width * this.height * 4);
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/png-reader.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/png-reader.rkt
index 15001b4d..1b0c868c 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/png-reader.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/png-reader.rkt
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ Grab key chunks from PNG. Doesn't require heavy lifting from libpng.
                
            )]
         [else (error 'invalid-filter-algorithm (format "~a" b))])))
-  #;(report (bytes-length pixels))
+  (report (bytes-length pixels) 'decoded-pixels-length)
+  (report (bytes->hex (subbytes pixels 0 20)))
   (fn pixels))
 
 
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
index 04022097..4d7b8b8b 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/png.rkt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
             (mhash 'Type "XObject"
                    'Subtype "Image"
                    'Height (· this height)
-                   'With (· this width)
+                   'Width (· this width)
                    'BitsPerComponent 8
                    'Filter "FlateDecode"
                    'ColorSpace "DeviceGray"
@@ -111,25 +111,38 @@
     (define imgData (apply bytes (reverse imgBytes)))
     (define alphaChannel (apply bytes (reverse alphaBytes)))
 
+    
+    (report (bytes-length imgData) 'uncompressed-imgdata-length)
+    (report (bytes->hex (subbytes imgData 0 20)) 'uncompressed-imgdata)
+
+    (report (bytes-length alphaChannel) 'uncompressed-alphaChannel-length)
+    (report (bytes->hex (subbytes alphaChannel 0 20)) 'uncompressed-alphaChannel)
+  
     #;(report* (bytes-length imgData) (bytes-length alphaChannel))
 
     #;(error 'in-pixel-proc)
+
+    (define imgDataCompressed (deflate imgData))
+    (define alphaChannelCompressed (deflate alphaChannel))
+
+    
+    (report (bytes-length alphaChannelCompressed) 'alphaChannelCompressed-length)
+    (report (bytes->hex (subbytes alphaChannelCompressed 0 20)) 'alphaChannelCompressed)
+
+    (report (bytes-length imgDataCompressed) 'imgDataCompressed-length)
+    (report (bytes->hex (subbytes imgDataCompressed 0 20)) 'imgDataCompressed)
+
     
-    (define done 0)
-    (set-field! imgData this (deflate imgData))
-    (increment! done)
-    (when (= done 2) (· this finalize))
-
-    (set-field! alphaChannel this (deflate alphaChannel))
-    (increment! done)
-    (when (= done 2) (· this finalize))
+    (set-field! imgData this imgDataCompressed)
+    (set-field! alphaChannel this alphaChannelCompressed)
+    (· this finalize)
       
-    (report* done)
+    #;(report* 'done)
     (void)
 
     )
   (decodePixels (· this imgData) (· this pixelBitlength) (· this width) (· this height) pixel-proc))
 
-(module+ test
-  (define pic (make-object PNG (file->bytes "test/assets/test.png")))
-  (splitAlphaChannel pic))
\ No newline at end of file
+#;(module+ test
+    (define pic (make-object PNG (file->bytes "test/assets/test.png")))
+    (splitAlphaChannel pic))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.coffee b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.coffee
index 3f435eb2..cedb6cb1 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.coffee
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.coffee
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ doc = new PDFDocument({compress: no})
 doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test8.pdf'))
 make doc
 
-doc = new PDFDocument({compress: yes})
-doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test8c.pdf'))
-make doc
+#doc = new PDFDocument({compress: yes})
+#doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('test8c.pdf'))
+#make doc
 
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8.pdf
index 40e92791..b87ffa3a 100644
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diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8c.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8c.pdf
index 3eb23888..d7c179c4 100644
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diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8rkt.pdf b/pitfall/pitfall/test/test8rkt.pdf
index e69de29b..69f1b03d 100644
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