It does but I'm not sure how that would help. Also, it sends it after you
send the job to the printer. The whole thing is somewhat confusing. In
Photoshop you can specify the width, height and DPI of a document
*before*you even start. Then later when you are ready to print the
print dialog
shows the width and height and DPI. If you change the scale or width or
height in the print dialog the DPI also changes. For example, it scaled a
large image to fit the page and it went from 72DPI to 176DPI.
Then in the OS print dialog, nestled 3 layers deep in the menus, there's an
option to change the print quality (DPI). There's fast draft, fast normal,
normal, automatic, best and maximum DPI. If you dig deeper you can check
the printer settings and it will show a DPI value for the preset.
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Here's the code I'm using:
var printableObject:IUIComponent;
var flexPrintJob:FlexPrintJob = new FlexPrintJob();
var printJobStarted:Boolean = flexPrintJob.start();
// after call to start you can get the pageWidth and pageHeight
// log.info("Print width and height: " + flexPrintJob.pageWidth + "x" +
flexPrintJob.pageHeight);
flexPrintJob.addObject(printableObject, FlexPrintJobScaleType.MATCH_WIDTH);
flexPrintJob.send();
What I want to know is if somewhere along the line I can say I'd prefer to
print this at 300 dpi vs 72dpi (screen)? If I supply it with an object that
is twice as large as the page size does that double the DPI? Sorry for the
plethora of questions.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:59 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
> I thought PrintJob returned information about page width/height. And I
> thought that was controlled by the print settings in the print dialog.
>
> -Alex
>
> On 1/28/14 10:42 AM, "jude" <flexcapaci...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Is there a way to print something at a certain DPI with the PrintJob or
> >FlexPrintJob classes? From what I've read so far it will print at the
> >resolution of the screen. Also, when I print in vector (not printAsBitmap)
> >certain display objects lose their backgrounds. For example, if there is a
> >Spark Button, the gradient doesn't show up.
>
>
