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Printscreen 95 Help
Printscreen 95 V4.0

For Windows 95, 3.1 & NT

 © Super Simple Software - Los Angeles, CA

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To print the full screen press the Print Scrn Key.

To print the selected active window press Alt + Print Scrn.

To print a specific portion of the screen click the Select Area button.

To print full screen DOS sessions check <Enable Dos Print>.

To print a negative image check <Invert Colors>.

To enlarge the image to full page check <Stretch to Full Page>.

Click on each of the topics below for a more complete description.

   Enable Print Screen

   Enable Dos Print

   Save Image File

   Invert Colors

   Stretch to Full Page

   Select Area

   Save Settings

   Printer Setup

   Enable

   Disable

   Files	<Menu>

   Minimize	<Menu>

   Help	<This Help File>

   The One Shot Option

   Printing to a Fax Driver

   Network requirements

   Technical Support

   Registration / Ordering Printscreen 95

   Site Licenses

   License Agreement

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Printscreen 95, License Agreement
Printscreen 95 License Agreement

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   Printscreen 95 (Hereafter referred to as the Software) is a Copyrighted

   product of Glen C. Johnson, dBA Super Simple Software in the State of

   California. This version is distributed via electronic media as a

   Shareware product, and in this form, may be distributed without

   restriction for the purpose of evaluating the Software prior to purchase.

   The Shareware version is compiled with a 50 session limitation. Following

   registration of the Software and payment of the $19.95 registration fee, the

   user is provided a registration number which removes the shareware

   50 session limitation, and upon request, a diskette copy which does not

   contain the shareware limitation. It is a violation of U.S. Copyright Law and

   intellectual property rights to provide this registration number to any other

   person(s) without the author's permission; or to copy or distribute electronically

   the licensed diskette software.  As a registered user you may:

  • use the Software on any single computer;

  • use the Software on a network, provided that each

    person accessing the Software through the network

    is licensed for its use;

  • use the Software on a second computer owned or

    operated by the licensed user;

  • copy the Software for archival purposes, provided any

    copy must contain all of the original Software's

    copyright notices.

    You may not:

  • modify, translate, reverse engineer, decompile,

    disassemble (except to the extent applicable laws

    specifically prohibit such restriction), or create

    derivative works based on the Software;

  • copy the Software other than as specified above;

  • resell the Software for profit without the author's

    permission;

  • remove any proprietary  notices or labels on the

    Software.

  Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property

  rights of the Software shall remain with Super Simple

  Software. The Software is protected by United States

  and international copyright laws and treaties.

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  The GIF™ and TIFF™ image compression used in this program

  is licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,588,302 and foriegn counterparts.

(C) 1996-1997 Super Simple Software


Printscreen 95, Network requirements
Network requirements

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 • NETWORK USERS •  A "Printer Error" message can occur in Network applications

 if the Network Printer Name includes space characters. Example - "HP Laserjet 4si"

 must have the spaces removed, and the printer renamed to "HPLaserjet4si" to avoid

 the problem. This is a "bug" with Visual Basic printer applications which is

 documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base. Another symptom of this problem has

 been reported in which the error message does not occur, but the printout fails to be

 generated.

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Printscreen 95, Technical Support
Technical Support

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 Telephone Technical Support  is available for Printscreen 95 Mon. - Fri., 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Pacific Standard Time.

 Tech Support Phone:	(310) 839 9543

 24 hr Tech Support Fax:	(310) 839 9280

 Technical Support E-Mail: 	glencj@sssware.com

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           Printscreen 95 Order Form

                                           (Click the Print button above to print this form.)

 PLEASE TELL US WHERE YOU RECEIVED YOUR COPY OF PRINTSCREEN  95?

 ONLINE SERVICE.............INTERNET..............BBS?..........MAGAZINE?...............

 YOUR NAME......................................................................................................

 COMPANY.........................................................................................................

 ADDRESS .........................................................................................................

 CITY..........................................................................STATE...............................

 COUNTRY.........................................ZIP \ POSTAL CODE...................................

 PHONE..........................................................FAX...............................................

 E-MAIL ADDRESS...............................................................................................

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 • CREDIT CARD ORDERS •  Visa, MasterCard, American Express  accepted.

 Credit Card type & number____________________________________________

 Expiration Date_____________________________________________________

 • To place a credit card order via telephone dial (310) 839 9543 • 8am-5pm pacific •

 • 24 Hour Order Fax Line: (310) 839 9280 • Corporate Purchase Orders accepted.

 PRICING AND SITE LICENSE INFORMATION:

 1 - 9	$19.95    Per Copy / User

 10 - 24	$15.00	"

 25 - 49	$9.00	"

 50 - 99	$7.00	"

 100 - 199	$5.00	"

 200  - 1000 ..................... $ 995.00  (Flat fee)

        (Site license for quantities above 1000 users = $1.00 per user.)

 NUMBER OF COPIES OF PRINTSCREEN  95 ______________  @  _________.

TOTAL  = $_______________.

 Select Delivery Method:

 Registration Code via fax or E-Mail	[  ]

 3½" diskette via regular mail	[  ]

 PLEASE  MAKE CHECK  OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO:

 Glen Johnson

 2817 So. La Cienega Ave #B	  You can also register via CompuServe

 Los Angeles, CA  90034	  at keyword GO SWREG. Use file ID #7206

            (C) 1996-1997 Super Simple Software


Printscreen 95, Disable
Disable

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 The Enable button is used along with the Disable button to activate or deactivate the Printing

 and Save Image features using all three selection methods:  Print Scrn, Alt + Print Scrn and

 Select Area. This feature is provided in order to allow you to copy the screen or active window

 to the Windows Clipboard and make the image available to paste into another application

 such as MS Word, PowerPoint or an image editing program. When Printscreen 95 is

 re-activated using the Enable button, the screen or active window images will then be sent to

 the printer instead of remaining on the clipboard.

 • Note • The One Shot option is a separate program which is installed with the Printscreen 95

 setup application. A separate shortcut is created which can be executed to print the full screen

 without acquiring the image from the Windows clipboard. After printing the screen the One

 Shot program automatically terminates. This mode can be used instead of leaving the main

 Printscreen 95 program running in the background.

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Printscreen 95, Stretch to Full Page
Stretch to Full Page

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 The Stretch to Full Page option will enlarge the captured image to fill the full page

 width and height. The aspect ratio of the original image is not maintained, however.

 In order to maintain the approximate aspect ratio, a screen, window or selected

 region that is wider than it is tall should be printed in Landscape Mode. An image

 that is taller than it is wide should be printed in Portrait.

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Printscreen 95, Select Area
Select Area

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 The Select Area feature allows you to draw a rectangle on the screen using the mousepointer,

 and print or save the area within the rectangle. The procedure requires 2 clicks of the Select

 Area button to operate. The first click will cause the main Printscreen 95 window to minimize,

 and the Select Area button will re-display in the lower right-hand corner of the screen and

 begin flashing. Click the button again to initiate the capture mode. After a few seconds the

 mousepointer will change to a "+" and the "Capture ready..." message will appear at the

 bottom of the screen. Position the mousepointer in the upper left corner of the area you wish

 to capture. Press and hold the left mousebutton and drag the mousepointer down and to the

 right. A dotted rectangle will be drawn. When the rectangle covers the desired area, release

 the mousebutton. The area selected will immediately be printed and/or captured, depending on

 the options selected on the main Printscreen 95 Window.

 • Note • After you begin to draw the capture rectangle, the procedure cannot be aborted or

 re-initiated if you discover you've slightly "missed" the desired capture area. Simply click the

 Select Area button and try again. (Also, if the mousepointer is not moved between the

 Mouse_Down and Mouse_Up events, a zero size area capture will produce an error, and you

 will have to restart the program.)

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Printscreen 95, Save Settings
Save Settings

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 The Save Settings button is used to save the options selections from the Main Printscreen

 95 window into the prtscr95.ini file. Included are the selections available in the Configure

 User Options Menu. When the OK button is selected to save the Configure User Options

 values, all settings in the prtscr95.ini file are re-saved. It is not necessary to also click the

 Save Settings button.

 • Note • The Enable and Disable radio button values are not saved in the .ini file.

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Printscreen 95, Printer Setup
Printer Setup

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 The Printer Setup button displays the Windows Printer Setup Dialog which provides the user

 selections for the printer to receive the Printscreen 95 output and printer setup features such

 as orientation (portrait or landscape), and paper size, as well as advanced device options

 specific to the printer being used. The Printer Setup Dialog is shown below. Select the Options

 button to access the advanced device options mentioned above. These include port selection,

 printer memory and Network options.

 • Note • The Visual Basic Printer object outputs to the default Windows printer. The

 selections made for printer type (driver) and other options are saved as the Windows

 defaults.

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Printscreen 95, Enable Print Screen
Enable Print Screen

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 Check Enable Print Screen to activate the full screen and selected active window

 print modes using the Print Scrn Key and Alt + Print Scrn methods. This option must

 also be selected in order to use the Select Area feature to print specific portions of

 the screen.

 • Note • Image files may be saved from screen capures by checking the Save Image File option,

 regardless of whether Enable Print Screen is selected. The two modes operate completely

 independent of one another.

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Printscreen 95, Enable
Enable

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 The Enable button is used along with the Disable button to activate or deactivate the Printing

 and Save Image features using all three selection methods:  Print Scrn, Alt + Print Scrn and

 Select Area. This feature is provided in order to allow you to copy the screen or active window

 to the Windows Clipboard and make the image available to paste into another application

 such as MS Word, PowerPoint or an image editing program. When Printscreen 95 is

 re-activated using the Enable button, the screen or active window images will then be sent to

 the printer instead of remaining on the clipboard.

 • Note • The One Shot option is a separate program which is installed with the Printscreen 95

 setup application. A separate shortcut is created which can be executed to print the full screen

 without acquiring the image from the Windows clipboard. After printing the screen the One

 Shot program automatically terminates. This mode can be used instead of leaving the main

 Printscreen 95 program running in the background.

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Printscreen 95, Invert Colors
Invert Colors

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 The Invert Colors option produces a negative print image, which helps to save

 toner when printing windowed "DOS Boxes", or other screens with dark backgrounds

 and light text. The Invert Colors option is only available for printed images, and has no

 effect on saved image files.

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Printscreen 95, Save Image File
Save Image File

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 Check Save Image File to save the captured screen, window or selected region to an

 image file using one of the following formats:

Windows BMP (True Color)

Windows BMP (256 Color)

Compressed BMP (256 Color)

Compressed 16 Color BMP

GIF (256 Color)

GIF (256 Color Greyscale)

GIF (Greyscale 16 Color)

JPEG (True Color)

PCX (True Color)

TIFF (True Color)

 The image generated using the Print Scrn Key, Alt + Print Scrn or Select Area method

 will be re-displayed in the Save Image window. From the Files Menu at the top of the screen,

 select Save As... to save the image to one of the file formats listed above. The figure below

 shows the Save Image window with the Files Menu open to display the available formats.

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Printscreen 95, Enable Dos Print
Enable Dos Print

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 Check Enable Dos Print to print full screen Dos sessions using the Print Scrn key. Many

 DOS based programs use ANSI line draw characters to form lines and boxes on the screen.

 The Windows printer and display character sets do not recognize ANSI line draw characters,

 and will substitute + and - sign characters. Any informational text data should print correctly.

 The Dos Print Mode is a text-only function, and does not support DOS graphics. You can

 print graphic screens in DOS applications by pressing Alt + Enter to change the Dos prompt

 to a Windowed "DOS Box". The Dos prompt then becomes the active window, and will print in

 graphic mode using Alt + Print Scrn. In Windows 95 the DOS Window can be maximized to

 fill approximately 80% of the screen. In this mode the screen image is compressed vertically

 about 20%, which changes the aspect ratio slightly, but the screen information should still be

 legible in the final printout. Windows 3.1 will only display the DOS Window at about 50% of the

 full screen size. The print resolution in this situation can be improved by selecting Stretch to

 Full Page, and printing the screens in Landscape Mode.

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Files

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   The Files Menu contains the following 2 submenus:

      Work with Image Files

      Configure User Options

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Minimize

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   Select the Minimize menu option to minimize the Main Printscreen 95 Window.

   This option was changed to a menu selection after confusion was expressed by

   Windows 95 and Windows 3.1 users concerning the fact that the standard

   "minimize" button at the upper right corner of the window is different in each

   operating system.

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Printscreen 95 - Image Files

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   The Work with Image Files menu selection displays the Printscreen 95 Image

   Files Window. The Image Files Window can be used as a graphic file viewer and

   convertor to open, view and save image files in the following formats:

Windows BMP (True Color)

Windows BMP (256 Color)

Compressed BMP (256 Color)

Compressed 16 Color BMP

GIF (256 Color)

GIF (256 Color Greyscale)

GIF (Greyscale 16 Color)

JPEG (True Color)

PCX (True Color)

TIFF (True Color)

   The Image File Window menu selections are shown in the figure above. Typical options

   are selectable to open, save and print image files. The Edit Menu allows you to Copy

   and Paste images to and from the Windows Clipboard. Select Convert to Greyscale to

   convert the image currently displayed to 256 Shade - 8 bit greyscale. (Black & White.)

   • The Advanced Print Options •

   An image displayed in the Image Files Window can be printed using a higher level of

   printing code by selecting the Print option from the File Menu. The Advanced Print Dialog

   shown below is displayed before the print operation is initiated. Options are available to

   position the image on the page, select the Printer Halftone mode (pattern format) and

   center the image on the page, if desired. This print mode must be selected in order to

   use a FAX Printer driver if you want to send an image as a fax output. The standard print

   modes using the Enable Print Screen selection are not fax-compatible. Check the Save

   Image File option instead of Enable Print Screen. When the screen re-displays in the

   Save Image Window, select Print from the File menu.

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User Options

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   The Configure User Options screen contains the following selections:

     Select information to print at the top of the page

        User Name

        System Date and Time

     Always show Select Area Button

     Save DOS screens to appended .txt file.

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User Options, Always show Select Area Button
Always show Select Area Button

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   This option is provided to make the Select Area feature easier to access when used

   frequently. The Select Area button will remain displayed in the lower right hand

   corner of the screen where it can be easily operated without having to re-display the

   main Printscreen 95 window. (With the Select Area button already displayed, only a

   single click is required to initiate the capture mode.)

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User Options, Save DOS screens to appended .txt file.
Save DOS screens to appended .txt file.

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   This option is provided to save DOS screens to an appended text file instead of printing.

   Successive Print Scrn key operations in full screen DOS prompts will be written to the

   default .txt (Log) file named <dosapp.txt>, in the current directory. If a different filename is

   desired, you can specify any name you choose.

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User Options, User Name

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   Use this option to print the User's Name or other specified information at the top of each

   page. Up to 80 characters can be entered in the field below the User Name checkbox.

   • Note • Click the OK botton to save the selections in the Configure User Options screen

   into the prtscr95.ini file. It is not necessary to re-select Save Settings for these options.

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User Options, System Date and Time

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   Select this option to print System Date and Time at the top of each printed page.

   This feature is supported in both the Windows and DOS print modes.

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The One Shot Option

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 The One Shot option is a separate program which is installed with the Printscreen 95 setup

 application. A separate shortcut is created which can be executed to print the full screen

 without acquiring the image from the Windows clipboard. (Printscreen 95 acquires images to

 print or save from the Windows clipboard. If you want to copy a screen or active window to

 the clipboard and make it available to paste into another application, such as MS Word or

 PowerPoint, etc..., you can either click the DISABLE button, or use the One Shot mode for

 screen prints instead of running the main Printscreen 95 program in the background.)

 After printing the screen the One Shot program automatically terminates. No active memory

 resident program is left running.

      If the One Shot mode is to be used frequently, you can set up a

      short cut key such as CTRL + ALT + P using the following steps:

      • RIGHT CLICK the Start button

      • Select OPEN

      • DOUBLE CLICK Programs

      • DOUBLE CLICK the Printscreen 95 Folder

      • RIGHT CLICK the One Shot Icon

      • Select PROPERTIES

      • Select the Shortcut Tab

      • Place the cursor in the Short Cut Key field

      • Press "P" to set Ctrl-Alt-P as the shortcut key sequence, (example) Any letter

            can be used.

      You can then print the full screen using the Shortcut Key Sequence at any time,

      and use the Print and Alt-Print key sequences to copy screen images to the

      clipboard.

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