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When this icon is visible, a configuration dialog box appears when you press the PrtScn key or theAlt
+ PrtScn key combination on the keyboard.
Figure 2-4 HP Print Screen - configuration dialog box
In the configuration dialog box, you can perform the following tasks:
■ Print the current screen by clicking Print Screen.
■ Save the screen to an image file by clicking Save Screen ... .
■ The keys that you press on the keyboard determine the current screen. If you use the HP
Print Screen interface, the entire desktop is captured. If you press the Alt + PrtScn key
combination on your keyboard, the active window is captured.
■ After the HP Print Screen utility is started, pressing thePrtScn key or the Alt + PrtScn key
combination does not update the HP Print Screen dialog box.
■ The HP Print Screen preview always shows the clipboard content (in bitmap format only) that
was there before you opened the HP Print Screen dialog box.
■ Control the orientation of the screen before sending the print job to the default printer or
before saving to an image file.
■ Enable or disable the option to have the HP Print Screen utility run automatically when you start
Windows.
■ If you have selected the Automatically print when the Print Screen button is pressed option,
and then pressed the PrtScn key or the Alt + PrtScn key combination on your keyboard, the HP
Print Screen utility dialog box does not appear, but the screen capture is sent automatically to
the default printer.
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