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Subject: Re: PrtSc Function under 3COM 3+Share
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Date: Wed, 13-May-87 13:34:00 EDT
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/* Written  3:53 pm  May  6, 1987 by showard@uccba.UUCP in sys1:comp.dcom.lans */
/* ---------- "PrtSc Function under 3COM 3+Share" ---------- */

I'm running 3COM 3+Share Version 1.1  Does anybody know if there is a way
or a routine that can be used to enable the SHIFT-PRTSC function?

Steve Howard
US-MAIL: ML 130, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0130
UUCP: ...{pyramid,philabs!phri}!uccba!showard

This is a common redirector problem with 3Com and IBM lans.  Here are some
possible solutions:

(1) Use GRAPHICS.COM (if available for your CPU DOS version)
On my Tandy 1000s, I load the external program GRAPHICS.COM that comes with the
3.10 and 3.20 MS-DOS.  Then I can <SHIFT PRINT> to dump a graphics display to 
the network spooler and print queue.  It then prints fine on the network's DMP.
As other notes have mentioned, this is for graphics screens only, not text.

(2) Use SPRTSC.COM from your 3Com dealer
Contact your 3Com dealer, or 3Com Customer Services Division.  They have 
released SPRTSC.COM to answer this need.  In your station boot volume (diskette
or hard disk or network 3Start) add the command SPRTSC.COM to your autoexec 
batch file.  This 2K resident program then can be activitated by pressing
<SHIFT PRTSC> to read the current screen display and write it to DOS.  Any 
valid DOS item is supported: path:\filename, PRN, LPT2, or COM1 for example.
If your LPT1 port isn't linked to a network printer, you will hear a beep.
(PRTSC.COM should still be used too, as this is required to flush print data 
to the network print service with some applications.  SPRTSC.COM doesn't 
replace that utility.)  When SPRTSC.COM is loaded into memory, optional 
parameters can be used to add a form feed following the print data; to append
data with an automatic form feed to separate screen displays; and to submit
the data to the DOS background PRINT routine.  The command can be repeated at
any time to change output device or parameters.

Patrick Dryden
	...ihnp4!sys1!nas!pat
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