A more professional-looking option is to have the print button open a new window containing a print-optimized version of the data which can then be printed.

Soon, pressing the Print Screen button in Windows 11 could launch the Snipping Tool instead of sending a screenshot to your clipboard.

Each button would be programed with a preset. We just hit the button and boom! get the type of print we need. We mainly use Windows Office 2007, Adobe Reader/Pro and a bunch of industry apps. Ideas?

An upcoming update to Windows 11 will change how the Print Screen key works. Microsoft is defaulting the key to open its Snipping Tool instead of copying a screenshot to your clipboard.

Learn how to disable Print Screen button to open screen snipping in Windows 11 using the Settings app and Windows Registry.

The Print Screen button has performed the same function in the Windows operating system since Windows 95: taking a screenshot of the current screen and copying it to the clipboard, usually so it ...