Looking for program to send window contents to printer

[Martin Seibert]

I'm looking for a program which can send the content of the active window
(ar a selected part of it) directly to the printer, preferable with printer
selection and option to print the content either as text or as graphic.

And I don't want to have to copy the content to the clipboard first.

I've heard of a program called PrintNow which should work that way, but it
doesn't seem to be freeware. :-/

Is there another program for free?

 

[Freeware Junkie]

I'm looking for a program which can send the content of the active window
(ar a selected part of it) directly to the printer, preferable with printer
selection and option to print the content either as text or as graphic.

And I don't want to have to copy the content to the clipboard first.

I've heard of a program called PrintNow which should work that way, but it
doesn't seem to be freeware. :-/

Is there another program for free?

Gadwin Printscreen will send the whole screen or user selectable areas
directly to printer if you prefer that, can also be set to copy to clipboard.

http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/

 

[Martin Seibert]

Gadwin Printscreen will send the whole screen or user selectable areas
directly to printer if you prefer that, can also be set to copy to
clipboard.

http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/

Thank you for this one. It does all I need, except it can't print the
content as text. But I've allready suggested this feature to Gadwin. ;-)

 

[Wayne]

I'm looking for a program which can send the content of the active
window (ar a selected part of it) directly to the printer, preferable
with printer selection and option to print the content either as text
or as graphic.

And I don't want to have to copy the content to the clipboard first.

I've heard of a program called PrintNow which should work that way,
but it doesn't seem to be freeware. :-/

Is there another program for free?

If you can find PrintKey 2000 Version v5.10 Full, it is freeware. The most
recent version is shareware.

 

[John S.]

MWSnap will do this, I find to my pleasant surprise.

MWSnap is Pricelessware - on the Pricelessware CD, though I
downloaded from:-
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/files/MWSnap300.exe

About 660KB

I have checked and confirmed that it doesn't overwrite anything
on the clipboard when you print its captured area.

MWSnap is a really useful tool for dealing with screen capture
and associated jobs. It incorporates a good colour picker, a
convenient screen ruler, and a handy zoom tool.
You can use its hotkeys or menu to capture full screen, any
window, dialogue box or menu, or defined screen area (select with
mouse).

MWSnap's print dialogue box includes control of where to position
the printed image on the page, ability to scale the image, or fit
to page.

So I guess it will do what you want, plus a whole lot more.
(Sorry, not quite correct - it prints whatever is captured as a
graphic. I don't think you can capture, then convert the picture
to text).

It saves as .bmp, .jpg, .gif, .png and .tif and can save as
"transparent" .gif image.

Oh, and it also can be used as a viewer for common picture
formats. It is a utility I use frequently and would hate to be
without it.

Oh, and yet another thing I almost forgot:- MWSnap has the
ability to superimpose a mouse cursor over any part of the
captured image. I find this handy when writing instruction
manuals. You simply select the required mouse cursor from
MWSnap's library of 20 cursors, position it over the image and
click into place.

Cheers, John Selby.

 

[Martin Seibert]

MWSnap will do this, I find to my pleasant surprise.

MWSnap is Pricelessware - on the Pricelessware CD, though I
downloaded from:-
http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/files/MWSnap300.exe

About 660KB

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Thank you. I'm going to try it out. Too bad it doesn't support text
capture. It wastes a lot of ink to print bright text on dark background.
And if the background is not solid black (or one color) it's hard to remove
it.