Windows 3.1 print screen

This page describes oddities with print screen in Windows 3.1 (and related systems).

Capturing the whole desktop

Don't just naïvely do the Print Screen -> Paintbrush -> Paste -> Save combination; Paintbrush will only paste into the currently viewed bounds of the image. Instead, do this:

• Press Print Screen
• Open Paintbrush
• Select Options -> Image Attributes...
• Set Units to pels
• Set Width and Height to your screen resolution
• Press OK
• Select View -> Zoom Out
• Paste

Now verify that you have the whole desktop in your image.