PNG Transparency Lost on PDF Print

I have been googling and experimenting like a maniac for the last five hours and I am close to giving up. Please help me.
What I want to do: I want to be able to open a PDF form I created in LiveCycle Designer with Adobe Reader and print it without all the PNG's losing their transparency. I conducted an experiment to pinpoint the problem:
I started with these pictures.
background.jpg - a run-of-the-mill colour image
logo.png - a PNG-24 image with transparency saved using "Save for Web" in PS
Using MS Word, I create a blank document, insert background.jpg and then logo.png on top of it. The background is visible through the transparent portions of the PNG.
Using LC Designer, I create a blank document, insert background.jpg and then logo.png on top of it. The background is visible through the transparent portions of the PNG.
I save the MS Word document as a PDF, using default settings (not that I can identify any settings that ought to affect the issue at hand), as word-doc.pdf
I save the LC Designer document as a PDF, using default settings (not that I can identify any settings that ought to affect the issue at hand), as lc-doc.pdf
I open word-doc.pdf in Adobe Reader XI and am satisfied to see that the transparency works as intended.
I open lc-doc.pdf in Adobe Reader XI and am satisfied to see that the transparency works as intended.
Since the ultimate outcome of my project is a form where the user should be able to save their changes by printing to PDF, I do the following.
I save a copy of word-doc.pdf by printing to Adobe PDF, and name the new file word-printed.pdf
I save a copy of LC-doc.pdf by printing to Adobe PDF, and name the new file LC-printed.pdf
I open word-printed.pdf in Adobe Reader XI and am satisfied to see that the transparency works as intended.
I open lc-printed.pdf in Adobe Reader XI and am HORRIFIED to see that the transparency DOES NOT WORK as intended.
I try the same thing with printing to a physical printer instead of to a PDF file - same results.
I try the same thing using all different PDF version (1.X) - same results.
I try the same thing using a GIF instead of a PNG - same results.
...and so on.
PLEASE HELP!!!

You have a bigger problem than you realise. That Adobe PDF driver comes with Acrobat. Not with Windows, and not with Adobe Reader. That's why you have it. Your end users with Adobe Reader will not have it unless they also buy Acrobat (which is of course Adobe's preferred outcome and the reason for all limitations in Reader).
In terms of graphics issues, it's probably because you are using a LiveCycle Designer (XFA) form. These are not really PDF and don't use PDF quality graphics. They are just a thin PDF wrapper round a simple XML forms architecture. If you want graphics quality, use an acroform.
In terms of flattening, the popular way seems to be JavaScript, but there may be significant limitations on use in Reader. (The JavaScript API document gives information in Reader compatibility for each method).

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