Hello esteemed monks,
I'm trying to create a PDF using PDF::API2. The resultant PDF needs to contain both text and a graphic on the same page, with the text printed over the top of the graphic. I'm using the following code, taken essentially straight from the PDF::API2 manpage: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use DBI;
use DBD::mysql;
use PDF::API2;
my $font_size=10;
my $pdf  = PDF::API2->new(-file => "mypdf.pdf");
$pdf->mediabox(595,842);
my $page = $pdf->page;
my $fnt = $pdf->corefont('Helvetica',-encode => 'latin1'); 
my $boldfont=$pdf->corefont('Helvetica-Bold',-encode => 'latin1'); 
my $txt = $page->hybrid;
my $gfx=$page->gfx;
$txt->textstart;
$txt->font($boldfont,$font_size);
$txt->translate(100,800);
$txt->text("Heading here.");
my $image=$pdf->image_jpeg('santa.jpg');
$gfx->image( $image, 100, 100 );
$txt->font($fnt, $font_size);
$txt->translate(100,750);
my $y=750;
$txt->font($fnt, $font_size);
my $dbh=DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=voice:host=localhost","userna
+me","password") or die "$!\n";
my $sth=$dbh->prepare("select column1,column2,column3,column4,column5 
+from test") or die "$!\n";
$sth->execute() or die "$!\n";
while (my @row=$sth->fetchrow_array())
{
    my $string=join(",",@row)."\n";
    $txt->translate(100,$y);
    $txt->text("$string");
    $y-=45;
    if ($y < 100 )
    {
        $txt->textend;
        $page = $pdf->page(0);
        $txt = $page->hybrid;
        $txt->textstart;
        $txt->font($fnt, $font_size);
        $txt->translate(100,800);
        $y=750;
        $txt->textstart;
        $txt->font($boldfont,$font_size);
        $txt->text("Heading here.");
        $txt->font($fnt, $font_size);
    }
}
$sth->finish();
$dbh->disconnect();
$txt->textend;
$pdf->save;
$pdf->end( );

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However, this puts the image on top of the text, and the text becomes unreadable. I need to be able to read the text. Given that I don't really understand the way PDFs work, can anybody point me in the right direction?

In reply to Putting text and images in PDFs using PDF::API2 by leighsharpe

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