How do I print whatever is on my screen? (Windows XP)

Factual Questions
1

I know how to use PrtScrn to paste a copy of my screen into Paint or Word.

I want to print my screen directly to a printer with the fewest possible steps.

What’s the best way to do this?

Thanks!

:smiley:

2

Have you tried Control-P to see what happens?

Edit: Although I guess that wouldn’t work if you were in any programs, like Word or IE.

3

I don’t know if this is the best, but you can download Gadwin Printscreen freeware.

4

Could you PrintScreen and after pasting into Word/Paint, print it out?

5

Yes, but my wife has to print something like 100 screens, so she would like a quicker way.

:slight_smile:

6

I think one way might be to use a screen-capture utility like SnagIt to capture the screens to files, and then print them in batches.

7

There’s no built-in way in Windows XP to send a screen capture directly to the default printer. Like others have mentioned, you might be able to find some third-party software that does this.

8

Then what the hell is that PrtScr button still doing there??

9

It’s a legacy from MS-DOS; IIRC, back in the day, when you pressed it, the text on the screen would be sent to the printer port. On Windows, it copies a bitmap of the screen into the clipboard (i.e. a screen shot), so that you may paste it into a document.

10

And with a 30-day free trial it would be just the right price for your wife to finish her project. Heck, I only use screenshots maybe five or six times a year and I’m thinking about downloading the trial just because it looks kind of nifty.

11

FWIW, Alt-PrtScrn gives you a shot of just the front-most, active window rather than the whole screen.

12

Cool! Thanks.

13

From the google adwords ads on the bottom, it looks like this utility does the trick:

The web site says they have an evaluation version…