Memory requirements for Flash printing

Printing Flash pages directly from the web requires a bit more computer power than regular HTML printing.

When printing Flash, the player converts the Flash content to PostScript. PostScript is considerably larger than Flash content, and thus - the memory requirements increase.

If you wish to estimate the memory requirements of a specific page, try exporting it to .eps (Encapsulated PostScript). The exported filesize will be similar to the memory requirements. Therefore, the printing might take a little longer than usual.

Most modern computers today will have no mentionable problems though.

Pro's and Con's of PostScript opposed to Bitmap

As mentioned before, PostScript is the standard of vectorized printing. Printing in PostScript has these benefits:
- High quality printouts
- Speed

Whilst PostScript does sound good, Bitmap printing can be necessary:
- Compatability (works on all printers - will print bitmap if PostScript is unavailable)
- Transparency and color effects (requires Bitmap printing)

Basically, my suggestion is go for PostScript. Usually, you don't need to have Alpha effects (transparency) on your printouts and speed is of the essence. And if the printer doesn't support PostScript, it will automatically convert to Bitmap.
PostScript printing also has smaller memory demands, as vectorized images has smaller filesize than bitmaps.
Go for Bitmap printing only if you really want those transparency effects.