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Print Screen Button -

Today? It does not print a thing. Instead, it does something far more magical:

So tomorrow, when you sit down at your computer, look up at that forgotten key. Give it a press. Paste it somewhere. And smile. print screen button

It’s time to stop ignoring the PrtSc button. Because once you understand its superpowers, you’ll wonder how you ever lived without it. Let’s clear this up immediately. In 1981, on the original IBM PC, yes—pressing Print Screen would literally send the contents of your text-based screen to a dot-matrix printer. It was the 80s. We printed everything. Give it a press

For years, you’ve ignored it. Maybe you thought it was a relic from the DOS era. Maybe you assumed it was a prank button that prints your entire hard drive to paper. It’s time to stop ignoring the PrtSc button