flash actionscript: I'm running into a weird issue with the print class.

I am create a series of movieClips that are sent to the .addPage() method.
The problem is these pages are generated when attached by .attachMovie().
Sometimes the pages can be seen on the stage before the print window comes
up. I would like to hide the movieClip and send it to the .addPage() but
when I use the ._visible=false and send the page to .addPage it prints out
nothing. I've tried using _alpha=0 and it still prints nothing. If I set
_alpha=1 it prints out fine.

I've tried recreating this in another movieClip, but when I do it works
perfectly fine. I have a movieClip on the stage and I use a button to set
_visible=false and then send the job to addPage() and it prints out just
fine.

As anyone else run into issues setting _visible=false and getting a blank
print?

-ernest leitch
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