Hi All,
Is there anyway to print (using PrintJob specifically) from Flash at
a higher DPI than screen resolution? I always thought the definitive
answer was "NO", but this technote clouds the issue for me slightly:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/8/
releasenotes.html
Under Know Issues > Printing:
"Flash Player does not support printer resolutions higher than 300
dpi in this release. If you see printing artifacts, ensure your
printer resolution is set to 300 dpi. (111216)"
To what is this technote related? How would one print from Flash
Player (in any scenario) at a resolution higher than screen
resolution in the context of this technote?
On a related note, I have noticed much better quality when printing
bitmaps from Flash player, it I load images that are twice the height
and width that I want, and set the xscale and yscale = 50. It looks
worse on the SCREEN than images that are the not scaled, but prints
MUCH better. I was surprised to see this, and in fact lost an
argument. I thought that the scaled down images would look as crappy
as the do on the screen, but it is the opposite.
(To clarify, I want to print an image that is 300 by 300 pixels. I
load it in to Flash and print it using PrintJob. If I load a 600 by
600 pixel image in, and then scale it by 50% the resulting print out
is MUCH better looking (though it is opposite when displayed on the
screen.)
Why is this the case?
I am targeting the Flash 8 player.
blue skies,
bryan
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