How to do 'print screen' direct to printer

Question

I don't know whether this is a question relevant to Dell (in which case, which board?) or MicroSoft. I simply want to do a "print screen" direct to my printer. A Google search yielded this:

"Hold down the "Control" key (Ctrl) and the "Print Screen" key to capture a screen shot of the full desktop. The image will be sent directly to the designated printer."

But Ctrl...PrtScr does nothing on my Inspiron 3793. I've got a default printer defined so is there any other setup I need to do?

JOcean · Answer

This MS forum page would seem to dispute that. A Google search turns up a number of apps that will do exactly what you want such as here. Generally the Print Screen captures the image to be pasted into a program such as MS Paint which then can be sent to the printer.

Mary G · Answer

There are 2 more steps after Control, Print. Open Word or another program like Paint and right click and Paste. Then choose Print.

XPS_Man · Answer

You can use the same community and post it under windows 10 Forum.

Windows 10 has built in Snipping features.

I mainly prefer using Snipping tool. Grab whatever you want to grab and Print.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O932t8-k2A

You can use the same community and post it under windows 10 Forum.

Print Screen is OLD now. Snipping Tool is much better

It lets you grab Print a portion or whole screen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O932t8-k2A

tomar33 · Answer

I found this software call PrintKey which work great, just google for it.

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How to do "print screen" direct to printer

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