HowTo: Screen Print - Print Your Computer Screen
Many times, we want to print the contents of our computer monitor — not just the contents that will print when we use the File > Print function or press the Print icon (in a program that has one).
Tech Tip
There’s another way to trigger a program to print, assuming that the program can print. You can hold down the Ctrl key and press the P key. That will open the Print dialog box as usual.
In the old DOS days, the Prnt Scrn button on our keyboards would immediately route a copy of our monitor to the printer. Of course, back then, we always wanted to capture the screen to a file — some people will never be happy.
In Windows, the Prnt Scrn button has an entirely different function. It puts a copy of the Windows Desktop into the Clipboard, the section of Windows’ memory that is used for copying and pasting.
Continue reading HowTo: Screen Print - Print Your Computer Screen