Capturing the Screen with the Print Screen Button

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KFC70V3S3M

In the “good old days” of DOS, way before Windows came along, if you pressed the PRINT SCREEN (also seen as Prn Scrn) button, it actually printed the screen on your printer!

But, if you try that key now, using Windows, nothing seems to happen.

Guess what? Something DOES happen… and in this video, we tell you all about it!

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Tagged as: computer basics, printing, windows

This article was written by John Lortz, John is the founder of DiscoverSkills.com, and is a professional technology educator located in Omaha, Nebraska. He has been heavily involved in computer technology since 1985, and specifically in teaching that technology to students of all ages since 1988. When he's not being a geek, he's coaching his son's select baseball team.