Print Screen Deluxe - User Guide and FAQ

When I try to install Print Screen Deluxe, a message comes up that says, "Please be sure that Print Screen Deluxe(s) are closed before installing." I have not installed Print Screen Deluxe. What do I do?

You could have a folder or a window open with the words Print Screen in the title.Make sure that all folders, windows and programs are closed before installing.

Also look in the bottom right hand corner of the screen next to where the clock is, and see if you see a little blue eye. If you do, that is Print Screen Deluxe. Right click on that eye and select EXIT - that will close Print Screen Deluxe and let you install.

When I try to print a DVD screen, all I get is a black screen. Can you help me with this?

This remains an inconsistent feature with Print Screen Deluxe, however users have noted some success when using the following steps.

What you must do to print a DVD screen is to first start the PSD, and set it to select a rectangular area. With the movie frame in view press PRINTSCREEN. the movie frame goes black. Select an area anyway and let PSD catch the image. Now the frame comes back into view in the player and here you can press PRINTSCREEN again. Now you can capture the frame.

How can I print multiple images to one page?

In order to print multiple images to a page, you must do a few things first. They are as follows:

1) Open Print Screen Deluxe 4.0
2) Click on File--Preferences
3) Click on the Program tab
4) Make certain that the "Use Thumbnail Viewer" is checked.

Now when you do a screen print, the program will capture your print and save it to your hard drive. After you have captured multiple screens, go back to Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 and click on the Thumbnails tab. This will show a listing of all the images that you have capture in Print Screen Deluxe 4.0. In order to print several images on one page, just select the images that you want to print. (you can select multiple images by holding down the CTRL key on your keyboard while you click on additional images) After you have selected the images that you want to print, just right click on the images and select Print.

When you click on Print, the program will show a small window that will let you determine the placement of the images on the page that you print. (one per page, two per page etc.)

After this, click on OK and your images will print.

How can I use the video feature of Print Screen Deluxe?

To capture a video in Print Screen Deluxe, do the following.
1. Click on "File", then "Preferences"
2. Click on the option "Create a movie of events as they happen on my PC". You may also elect to "Include the mouse cursor" in your capture.
3. Under "Program" in the Preferences section, you may also elect to automatically save your capture. Once all the options you want are checked, you can minimize Print Screen Deluxe.
4. Press the PrintScreen key to start your capture. Capture for as long as you want. While you are capturing you will hear a 'thunk' sound, which reminds you that capture is active.
5. When you're done, press the PrintScreen key again, to stop the capture. The sound will stop.
6. You may then view your capture by pressing the play button (right arrow) at the bottom of the screen. You can also pause the playback.
7. The capture can be full screen and is useful for doing tutorials.

How can I make the print out appear larger on the printed page?

To scale the print, just click on File: Preferences and click on the Print tab. Once there, move the slider to the left or right to scale the print smaller or larger.

How do I use the thumbnail view in Print Screen Deluxe?

In order to use the thumbnail viewer, you must do a few things first. They are as follows:

1) Open Print Screen Deluxe 4.0
2) Click Options: Auto Save
3) Click on File: Preferences
4) Click on the Program tab
5) Make certain that the "Use Thumbnail Viewer" is checked.

Now when you do a screen print, the program will capture your print and save it to your hard drive. After you have captured multiple screens, go back to Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 and click on the Thumbnails tab. This will show a listing of all the images that you have capture in Print Screen Deluxe 4.0.

How do I capture just a portion of the screen?

What you are referring to is the rectangle capture option.

To use the Rectangle Capture option, open Print Screen Deluxe 4.0, and click on Options. Now click on Capture Options. Select Rectangle. Now minimize Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 and press the Print Screen key on the keyboard. Your mouse cursor will now turn into a cross hair. Now all you have to do is Click using your left mouse button and drag. A square will follow you around. Just have the square enclose what you want to print, and it will print.

The Print Screen hotkey is already taken by another program or keyboard, how can I use Print Screen Deluxe?

To change the Print Screen Deluxe hotkey, just open Print Screen Deluxe, and click on File. Now click on Preferences. At the bottom of the window that just appeared, you will two boxes that let you customize the hotkey for Print Screen Deluxe. In the top box, select Custom. In the bottom box, press the keys on the keyboard that you want to change the Print Screen Deluxe hotkey to. This should let you get Print Screen Deluxe working.

How can I capture the text from a Full Screen DOS window?

In order to capture the text from a DOS screen, you must first click File; Preferences and make sure that the option to "Also capture all clipboard text including DOS full screens." is selected. Then go to your DOS full screen window and then press the print screen key. This will capture all of the text that is in the DOS screen.

To view the text, go back to Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 by clicking on the little blue eye in the system tray (the area next to the clock) Once you are there, just click on the text tab and you should see your text.

How do I print a DOS screen using Print Screen Deluxe?

Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 will not print a full screen DOS window. It will grab the text from that window and print that, but it will not print a FULL SCREEN DOS window. In order to print a DOS window you will need to press Alt-Enter while the DOS program is the current window. This will make the DOS screen become a window like any other program and then you can print that window like any other.

To print this window, open Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 and click on the Options menu. Go down to where it says Capture Options. The setting that you want is the Window setting. This will print whatever is in the current window.

So, get your DOS screen in a window form and when you want to print it, just press the Print Screen key on your keyboard.

After capturing an image, how I crop the image?

What you will need to do to edit an image after you have captured it, is to go back to Print Screen Deluxe by clicking on the little blue eye in the system tray (next to the clock). After you have done this, click Edit: Select Region. This will let you use several different items to select with (rectangle, freehand etc.) Once you selected the region that you want, click Edit again, and you will be able to Crop, as well as do some other editing.

How do I print the screen?

Is the program running? The way to tell this is, you should see a little blue eye icon in the bottom right hand corner of the screen (next to the clock) If you do not see this icon there, then the program is not running.

In order to get it running, click Start; Programs; American Systems; Print Screen Deluxe. This will start the program and allow you to print the screen. Now all you have to do is minimize the screen (the _ sign in the upper right hand in the corner of the window) After you have minimized the program, then all you will have to do is press the Print Screen key on your keyboard and Print Screen Deluxe 4.0 will capture your full screen and print it.

How do I add comments to my screen prints?

For the add comments feature, once you have captured an image, just click Edit and then click Add Comments. Just click on the image where you want the comments to appear, type what you want to appear, and they will appear there. Then click on File: Print to print the screen.

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