Specifying a print area (when not using the PrintJob object)

By default, when frames are printed, the document file's Stage determines the print area. Any object that extends off the Stage is clipped and does not print. Loaded movies use their own Stage size for the print area, not the main movie's Stage size.

As an alternative to using a document's Stage size, you can set the following print areas:

For either the Flash Player context menu or the print() function, you can designate the SWF content bounding box as the print area for all frames by selecting an object in one frame as the bounding box. This option is useful, for example, if you want to print a full-page data sheet from a web banner.
With the print() function, you can use the composite bounding box of all printable frames in a Timeline as the print area—for example, to print multiple frames that share a registration point. To use the composite bounding box, you use the bMax parameter, as in the following example:
```
print ("myMovie", "bmax")
```
With the print() function, you can change the print area for each frame, scaling objects to fit the print area—for example, to have objects of different sizes in each frame fill the printed page. To change the bounding box per frame, use the Frame parameter in the Print action parameters, as in the following example:
```
print ("myMovie", "bframe")
```
With the print() function, you can designate the bounding box of a specific frame in a document as the print area for all printable frames in the document, as in the following example:
```
print ("myMovie", "bmovie")
```

You use the label #b to designate a frame to be used to designate the print area. The label #b must be on the same layer as a frame labeled #p.

For more information about print() function parameters, see print().

To specify a print area when printing frames:

Open the Flash document (FLA) containing the frames you will set to print.
Select a frame that you have not specified to print with a #p frame label. Select a frame that is on the same layer as one labeled #p.
To organize your work, you can select the next frame after one labeled #p.
Create a shape on the Stage the size of the desired print area.
You can also select a frame with any object of the appropriate print area size to use that frame's bounding box.
Select the frame in the Timeline that contains the shape you'll use for the bounding box.
If the Property inspector is not displayed, select Window > Properties.
In the Property inspector, enter #b for Label to specify the selected shape as the bounding box for the print area.
You can enter only one #b label per Timeline. This option is the same as selecting the Movie bounding box option with the Print action.