Run context.drawWindow method through a bookmarklet - firefox

I want to capture a webpage as an image. I am able to do this using a firefox extension using context.drawWindow method. Now I want to strech myself and see if I can do this using a bookmarklet :)
I remember reading somewhere that context.drawWindow() works only from the firefox toolbars. I dont know if that's still true or not.
Can anyone shed some light if I can execute context.drawWindow() from a bookmarklet or no?
Thanks
Kapil

You can't, since bookmarklets run with the permissions of the page, and drawWindow is chrome-only (can only be used by Firefox UI and extensions, not Web pages).

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