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I was recently asked by a friend if I might know why the Print Screen (PrtScn) button on her keyboard wasn’t working correctly. When I questioned her as to what she thought it should be doing, she replied that she thought it should (obviously) send whatever was on her screen over to her printer to be printed.

Nope.

The Print Screen button on your keyboard, when pressed, actually takes a screenshot of whatever is on your monitor and places that image onto your computer’s clipboard. You can then paste (Ctrl + V) this screenshot into whatever program you’re working in (Word, Photoshop, etc.).