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From: davis@bdmrrr.bdm.com (Arthur Davis x4675)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Getting screen image (cmd-shift-3)
Summary: Screen dump to paint
Message-ID: <1133@bdmrrr.bdm.com>
Date: 13 Jul 89 02:25:06 GMT
References: <9987@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: BDM Corp., McLean, Virginia
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If your Mac II was in anything but black and white mode, fkey #3 will
simply beep at you.  It can't handle color.  A similar thing will
happen if you try fkey 4 (dump to printer) when you are connected to
a laser printer.  It was only meant to handle an Imagewriter.

You can either switch to b&w or get one of the utilities that can
replace the standard fkeys, such as Capture (which does a color
PICT2 dump I believe).  Palomar Software (I think) has a package
called Colorizer which, if I remember right, contains a color screen
dump utility as well.  There are public domain/shareware solutions as
well I believe, but I am not sure of the names.

By the way, your Mac II screen dumps to paint will end up sideways
in orientation, due to screen size (unless you have found a 9 in.
monitor for your II).