package {
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.display.Loader;
    import flash.display.Bitmap;
    import flash.display.BitmapData;
    import flash.printing.PrintJob;
    import flash.printing.PrintJobOptions;
    import flash.events.Event;
    import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
    import flash.net.URLRequest;
    import flash.geom.Matrix;

    public class printAsBitmapExample extends Sprite {

        private var frame:Sprite = new Sprite();
        private var url:String = "image.jpg";
        private var loader:Loader = new Loader();

        public function printAsBitmapExample() {

           var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);

           loader.load(request);
           loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
           loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
        }

        private function completeHandler(event:Event):void {

            var picture:Bitmap = Bitmap(loader.content);
            var bitmap:BitmapData = picture.bitmapData;

           var myBitmap:BitmapData = new BitmapData(loader.width, loader.height, false);

            var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();

            matrix.scale((200 / bitmap.width), (200 / bitmap.height));

            frame.graphics.lineStyle(10);
            frame.graphics.beginBitmapFill(bitmap, matrix, true);
            frame.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 200, 200);
            frame.graphics.endFill();

            addChild(frame);

            printPage();
        }

        private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void {
            trace("Unable to load the image: " + url);
        }

        private function printPage ():void {
            var myPrintJob:PrintJob = new PrintJob();
            var options:PrintJobOptions = new PrintJobOptions();
            options.printAsBitmap = true;

            myPrintJob.start();

            try {
                myPrintJob.addPage(frame, null, options);
            }
            catch(e:Error) {
                trace ("Had problem adding the page to print job: " + e);
            }

            try {
            myPrintJob.send();
            }
            catch (e:Error) {
                trace ("Had problem printing: " + e);
            }
        }
    }
}