# Printing bug in AS2 project

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-bug-in-as2-project/315575>\
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**Created:** [October 29, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-bug-in-as2-project/315575 "2010-10-29T10:02:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![HL706](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HL706](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HL706)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/printing-bug-in-as2-project/315575/1 "2010-10-29T10:02:02Z")

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Hi,

I’m not overly familiar with AS2 as I’ve only ever learned AS3, but at work I’ve been given a task to fix the printing functionality of one of our older AS2 projects.

The code, as far as I can see, is fine;

```auto

on (press)
{
    trace("Click!");
    
    var myPrintJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
    
    if (myPrintJob.start()) 
    { 
        try 
        { 
            myPrintJob.addPage("_parent.printable", null, null, 1); 
        } 
        catch (e:Error) 
        {
            trace(e);
        } 
        myPrintJob.send(); 
    } 
    delete myPrintJob;
}

```

Now, this code is contained within a file called page1.swf. page1.swf is loaded by entry.swf.

What I’ve noticed is the print functionality works just fine when when I run page1.swf locally. However, when loaded and displayed by entry.swf it only ever prints a blank page. I’ve placed trace() statements checking the ‘\_parent’ and seeing if \_parent.printable is null. Both checks show that the \_parent is correct and printable exists - so my question is why doesn’t it print when page1.swf is a child of another movie clip?

Any help would be appreciated as I’ve ran out of ideas.

Thanks 🙂

[EDIT]

I should mention, flash is outputting the following warnings after I click my print button;

Warning: Filter will not render. The DisplayObject’s filtered dimensions (3198, 1787) are too large to be drawn.  
Warning: Filter will not render. The DisplayObject’s filtered dimensions (3169, 1787) are too large to be drawn.  
Warning: Filter will not render. The DisplayObject’s filtered dimensions (3285, 53) are too large to be drawn.  
Warning: Filter will not render. The DisplayObject’s filtered dimensions (3285, 53) are too large to be drawn.