Microsoft KB Archive/59017

= PRINT SCREEN Does Not Print More Than 25 Lines =

Article ID: 59017

Article Last Modified on 11/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.1
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 3.3a
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 4.01 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q59017



SUMMARY
Problem:

I used special software to set my EGA/VGA display to 43 or 50 line mode under MS-DOS Packaged Product Versions 3.20, 3.21, 3.30, and 3.30a. Now, the PRINT SCREEN key only prints 25 lines of the screen, and seems to ignore the remaining 18 or 25 lines, respectively.

Response:

This is not a problem with the MS-DOS Packaged Product Versions 3.2x and 3.3x. Because the ANSI.SYS driver for versions prior to MS-DOS Packaged Product Version 4.00 does not support more than 25 lines on a display, the PRINT SCREEN key does not print more than 25 lines of text.

The MS-DOS Packaged Product Versions 4.00 and 4.01 ANSI.SYS drivers support 25, 43, and 50 line modes (see Page 100 of the &quot;MS-DOS User's Reference&quot;). For these versions, the PRINT SCREEN key will print up to 50 lines of text, depending upon the display mode.

Additional query words: 3.20 3.21 3.30 3.30a noupd

Keywords: KB59017

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