# print()

#### Availability

Flash Player 4.20.

Note: If you are authoring for Flash Player 7 or later, you can create a PrintJob object, which gives you (and the user) more control over the printing process. For more information, see the PrintJob object entry.

#### Usage

    print (target, "Bounding box")

#### Parameters

`target` The instance name of a movie clip to print. By default, all of the frames in the target instance print. If you want to print specific frames in the movie clip, assign a `#p` frame label to those frames.

`Bounding box` A modifier that sets the print area of the movie. Enclose this parameter in quotes. You can choose one of the following:

- `bmovie` Designates the bounding box of a specific frame in a movie as the print area for all printable frames in the movie. Assign a `#b` frame label to the frame whose bounding box you want to use as the print area.
- `bmax` Designates a composite of all of the bounding boxes of all the printable frames as the print area. Specify the `bmax` parameter when the printable frames in your movie vary in size.
- `bframe` Designates that the bounding box of each printable frame be used as the print area for that frame. This changes the print area for each frame and scales the objects to fit the print area. Use `bframe` if you have objects of different sizes in each frame and want each object to fill the printed page.

#### Returns

None.

#### Description

Action; prints the `target` movie clip according to the boundaries specified in the parameter (`bmovie`, `bmax`, or `bframe`). If you want to print specific frames in the target movie, attach a `#P` frame label to those frames. Although the `print` action results in higher quality prints than the `printAsBitmap` action, it cannot be used to print movies that use alpha transparencies or special color effects.

If you do not specify a print boundary parameter, the print area is determined by the Stage size of the loaded movie by default. The movie does not inherit the main movie's Stage size. You can control the print area by specifying the `bmovie`, `bmax`, or `bframe` parameters.

All of the printable elements in a movie must be fully loaded before printing can begin.

The Flash Player printing feature supports PostScript and non-PostScript printers. Non-PostScript printers convert vectors to bitmaps.

#### Example

The following example will print all of the printable frames in the movie clip `my_mc` with the print area defined by the bounding box of the frame with the `#b` frame label attached:

    print(my_mc,"bmovie");

The following example will print all of the printable frames in `my_mc` with a print area defined by the bounding box of each frame:

    print(my_mc,"bframe");

#### See also

`printAsBitmap()`, `printAsBitmapNum()``,` PrintJob object, `printNum()`