ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference for Macromedia® Flash® 8

PrintJob

Object
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public class PrintJob
extends Object

The PrintJob class lets you create content and print it to one or more pages. This class, in addition to offering improvements to print functionality provided by the print() method, lets you render dynamic content offscreen, prompt users with a single Print dialog box, and print an unscaled document with proportions that map to the proportions of the content. This capability is especially useful for rendering and printing dynamic content, such as database content and dynamic text.

Additionally, with properties populated by PrintJob.start(), your document can read your user’s printer settings, such as page height, width, and orientation, and you can configure your document to dynamically ...