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Chad Johnson
Chad Johnson

Reputation: 21895

Is there a way to print a web page via a SWF?

In my web app, I would like to print a web page via a real, physical printer using Flash. I want to do this so that typical page headers added by the browser (eg. the URL and "Page x of y") do not get added to the printout.

Perhaps I could generate a PDF and pass it to the SWF, or perhaps I could just send raw HTML ann CSS to the SWF, and then I could call some .print() method via Javascript against the SWF.

So, 1) is this possible? and 2) is there a library (on GitHub perhaps) somewhere that would let me do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1020

Answers (1)

Jacksonkr
Jacksonkr

Reputation: 32207

I would ping a server-side script (php) which would snap shot the page you want and display the image which flash can then print using flash's printjob functionality. Hope that helps!

steps:

  • 1) load the page that will display the url snapshot (snapshot taken with php) using a Loader class. Make sure the headers are correct on the php page (so browsers think it's an image).
  • 2) use the flash printjob to print the image

Upvotes: 2

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