Print screen button

[Sue Young]

I just connected a new printer and the directions say if
I want to activate my Print Screen button I have to go to
Printer Utilities and select Capture Screen. I have
looked all over and I cannot find Printer Utilities.

 

[Chris Lanier]

Print Screen only copies the image to the clipbaord. open up MSPaint and
press CTRL+V and then you can print.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I just connected a new printer and the directions say if
I want to activate my Print Screen button I have to go to
Printer Utilities and select Capture Screen. I have
looked all over and I cannot find Printer Utilities.
.

Try going to the start menu, All Programs, <Printer
Name> and Click on the configuration under the Print
Screen Menu. (It will look like an artist's paint pad)
Set it up in that menu. I hope this works, because it
works on my computer

 

[Ken Blake]

In

I just connected a new printer and the directions say if
I want to activate my Print Screen button I have to go to
Printer Utilities and select Capture Screen. I have
looked all over and I cannot find Printer Utilities.

No "activation" of the print screen key is necessary or possible.
Here's my standard advice on using Print Screen:

Back in the days of DOS, the PrintScrn key used to print the
screen. But in all versions of Windows, this works differently,
and the name of the key is now an anachronism.

To use the key, press it to capture an image of the entire
screen, or press alt-PrintScrn to capture an image of the active
window. Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard.
Once it's in the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any
application that supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics
programs, even your favorite word processor). You can edit or add
to the image as you wish, then print it.

This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing
it is an improvement over the original DOS method of just
printing it. But if you'd like that old facility back, there are
several third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Pressing the <PrtScn> key copies the entire display to the
clipboard. Pressing <ALT>+<PrtScn> copies only the active Window to
the clipboard. To view the screen capture, open a graphics program,
such as MS Paint, and press <CTRL>+V. This will paste the contents of
the clipboard (your screenshot) into the open file, and allow you to
view it or save it as a file for later use.

How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?PR=1&scid=kb;en-us;Q173884


Bruce Chambers

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[Carolyn]

No "activation" of the print screen key is necessary or possible.
Here's my standard advice on using Print Screen:

Back in the days of DOS, the PrintScrn key used to print the
screen. But in all versions of Windows, this works differently,
and the name of the key is now an anachronism.

To use the key, press it to capture an image of the entire
screen, or press alt-PrintScrn to capture an image of the active
window. Either one captures the image to the Windows clipboard.
Once it's in the clipboard you can paste (Ctrl-V) it into any
application that supports graphics (Windows Paint, other graphics
programs, even your favorite word processor). You can edit or add
to the image as you wish, then print it.

This ability to manipulate the image in a program before printing
it is an improvement over the original DOS method of just
printing it. But if you'd like that old facility back, there are
several third-party freeware/shareware programs that can do this.

Go to this website and download a program called PrintKey 2000. It runs
great on Windows XP and is activated when you use the print key on your
keyboard. It will give you many options for saving all or part of the
screen.
http://www.webtree.ca/newlife/printkey_info.htm

I have used it for many years now and could not do without it.
Carolyn

 

[Ken Blake]

In

Go to this website and download a program called PrintKey 2000.

No thanks. I already run PrintKey 2000. Perhaps you meant to
reply to the original poster.

 

[Carolyn]

No thanks. I already run PrintKey 2000. Perhaps you meant to
reply to the original poster.

Sorry,
Sometimes I don't seem to get all the posts in the threads.
Carolyn

 

[Gary Kephart]

I can't believe that Microsoft feels that capturing screen
shots is no longer important in XP pro! There is NO info
in the help sections, save for this message and one that
refers to using the magnification tool. That's where I
discovered that the Windowslogokey+Printscreen is the new
way to capture, but it only captures the entire display,
not just the active window. Bogus.

 

[cimex]

Alt + Print Screen gets you the window.
Print Screen (alone) gets you the whole screen.
Never heard before that the Windows key was involved in this operation at
all.

 

[Jack Gillis]

Alt + Print Screen gets you the window.
Print Screen (alone) gets you the whole screen.
Never heard before that the Windows key was involved in this
operation at all.

I agree with Gary's comment in his first sentence. I only discovered
this ability here on this N.G. and since discovering it I use it several
times a day. 'Tis a pity that MS didn't see fit to document it
somewhere in Help.

 

[cimex]

I agree MS makes it a bit obscure, and the number of inquiries seen in the
newsgroup confirms it. Still, as seen in Help and Support (in response to
"print screen")
To copy the window or screen contents

a.. To make a copy of the active window, press ALT+PRINT SCREEN.
b.. To copy the entire screen as it appears on your monitor, press PRINT
SCREEN.
Note

a.. To paste the image into a document, click the Edit menu in the
document window, and then click Paste.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Not sure why you felt a need for consulting Help files to perform
an action that has remained unchanged since Win95.

Pressing the <PrtScn> key copies the entire display to the
clipboard. Pressing <ALT>+<PrtScn> copies only the active Window to
the clipboard. To view the screen capture, open a graphics program,
such as MS Paint, and press <CTRL>+V. This will paste the contents of
the clipboard (your screenshot) into the open file, and allow you to
view it or save it as a file for later use.

How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?PR=1&scid=kb;en-us;Q173884

Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Anyway, a quick in Help and Support, searching on "print screen"
yields the following:
To copy the window or screen contents

a.. To make a copy of the active window, press ALT+PRINT SCREEN.
b.. To copy the entire screen as it appears on your monitor, press
PRINT SCREEN.
Note

a.. To paste the image into a document, click the Edit menu in the
document window, and then click Paste.

Bruce Chambers

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Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

 

[Jack Gillis]

Greetings --

Not sure why you felt a need for consulting Help files to perform
an action that has remained unchanged since Win95.

XP is my first experience with Windows. I've was an OS/2 user until XP
came out. FWIW, I'm very pleased with the switch over to XP.