System Setup

[August Binder]

Unable to print subject file using Prt Scrn. Can anyone help? I am running
xp2 with 102 keyboard and Epson CX4800 Multiprinter.
Thanks,
Austin.

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

When you hit PrtSc, it sends a copy of the screen to the clipboard, NOT to
the printer.

You must then open Paint (or other graphics program), paste in the image and
then use File, Print or the Printer icon from the Toolbar.

Same as it's always been in Windows. Of course DOS was different, but DOS
has been dead 11 years.

 

[August Binder]

Thanks Cari,
Of course, it appears to me that this is not workable for the need or is
severley cumbersome. In booting xp to System Setup, to print the contents of
the clipboard would require a reboot to xp, thereby losing clipboard
contents: I could be mistaken. On the second point, i.e., the cumbersomeness
(?), were one able to print using Paint while in Setup, and I do not see
how, would probably require more clicks than it would be worth the avoidance
of Handwritten notes. However, this novice defers graciously to you.
Regards,
August.

 

[Chuck]

The change occurred because windows generally uses a grapic interface. The
dos method did not. In addition, many of the current printers wil not
directly print ASCII text.

In any event, there are various third party printscreen utilities that may
or may not do exactly what you desire.