ZdNetItalia : PrintKey

Do old-fashioned print-screens and more
PrintKey is a system tray-based freebie that lets you do a real "Print Screen" just like in the good ol' DOS days. Whenever the program is active, press the PrintScrn key (or other configured key) on your keyboard. The program's main window pops up to give you several options. The capture can be centered, stretched, reduced, copied to the Clipboard, converted to grayscale, and saved as a .bmp or .jpg file. In addition, you can choose to invert colors, add a frame, mirror the image, print user info and footer text, insert the date and time, and print in landscape or portrait mode. If desired, instant print-screens can occur without going through the dialog box. Then press a button to send your image directly to your printer. Press Alt plus your hotkey to print just the active window, or select a rectangular area of the screen to print. You'll also find buttons for Printer Setup and for launching your default .bmp viewer/editor. PrintKey is a fast way to get hard-copy captures without having to use traditional screen-capture methods -- and the price is definitely right. Reviewed on Jun 22 1998.