Print Screen

The print screen button was/is for dos use. It doesn't work with windows. Dos is the old operating system before windows. Hopes this helps Frank

If you are trying to print in Windows environment, you need to to do screen capture and paste it in for e.g. a Word document and print that document.

Try to use Alt Print Screen to capture the active window or Ctl Print Screen to capture the whole screen.

As alluded in answer #2, the print screen key now "captures" a bmp file image of the screen. You can open up the image in Paint.

There are numerous print screen and screen capture utilities out there.

In fact, a couple have been recommended in Tech Republic articles.

Just go to your favorite software download site, and download the one that looks the best to you.

I recommend;
www.nonags.com
www.completelyfreesoftware.com

Chas

The most important which link support from Microsoft that why windows does not print by just pressing printing screen on keyboard ?, Please, without support no need to answer. I know windows doesn't support it.

Hi

Pressing the Print Screen key in Microsoft Windows would result in capturing images on the screen to the clipboard.Then you
could use start->run->C:\Program Files\Accessories\MSPAINT.EXE->Edit-Past- then from file menu you could print.
Windows has three different Print Screen capabilities: full screen to the Clipboard, active windows to the Clipboard, and MS-DOS-based application (full screen to printer) in 386 enhanced mode.

To have more info pls read this ms article.

Print Screen Features and Workarounds for Windows (Q60874)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q60874

Good luck

Mohamed

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