PRINT SCREEN Does Not Print More Than 25 Lines (59017)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
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 "MS-DOS User's
Reference"). For these versions, the PRINT SCREEN key will print up to
50 lines of text, depending upon the display mode.
Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/25/2003 |
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Keywords: | KB59017 |
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