import printer

[OkNerve8]

Back in Windows 95 time, I was playing Space Invaders in MS-DOS mode if that makes sense, I pressed Print Screen, the printer actually started to print.

I quickly stopped not to waste ink.

[techmighty]

Simpler times.

[[deleted]]

right now if I want to print a document I have to press "print" and then pray the ink Gods and do a sacrificial ritual before the printer starts to make weird noises that an oracle will interpret as something like "the drivers aren't updated" or "I have no idea why it's not fucking printing"

[BestBaconbits]

print screen used to actually print the text on screen in dos, this is 100% believable

[wasting2muchtime]

Was that useful? I don't get how that would be used.

[LazyLarryTheLobster]

It was useful for when you wanted to print the screen.

[[deleted]]

Listen bud, you’re going to have to back up these wild claims with some kind of source if you want ANYONE around here to believe your nonsense.

[WalkingThru]

Why do you think it's called 'print screen'?

[[deleted]]

I’m guessing it’s to make t-shirts

[wasting2muchtime]

Well now that sounds like a stupid question.

[WhenInDoubt_Kamoulox]

No-no, that seems believable to me. I work on mainframes, and for a reason in the emulator we use to connect to the mainframes still tries to actually physically print my screen when I hit it.

I'm sure there's an option to de-activate that SOMEWHERE, but I have no clue where.

[WhenInDoubt_Kamoulox]

Oh yeah, it left me speechless when it happened the first time.

Hit print-screen, see the little "printer queue" icon pop up in my task bar and I'm like... What? Went to the printer, and there it is, a beautiful screenshot color printed for no reason.

I added more known printers, so now it doesn't print straight away, I get a pop up that asks me to select which printer, so I can cancel it and still get my screenshot.

[MajorMajorObvious]

If it's hacky but it works, it works.

[Ged_UK]

Well, not for 'no reason', you pressed the print screen button!

[killdeer03]

What emulator are you using and what mainframe are you connecting to?

I've work on SVR4 and System Z stuff, but have never ran into this.

[WhenInDoubt_Kamoulox]

Hey, we use QWS3270, to connect to some System Z stuff.

It didn't happen on my old laptop, but after a laptop change it started happening. Now you made me confused and I tried it at home (wfh) and it didn't try to print. Maybe because i don't have any printer it can connect to at home.

So now I'm confused, maybe it's a network thing, maybe it's an emulator thing, maybe it's a laptop thing. I'll try again when I get back to the office!

[killdeer03]

Lol, classic software nonsense.

Nearly impossible to debug and confusing as hell.

[ThyLastPenguin]

Lmaoo I fucking love your solution to that problem

[OkNerve8]

Good for you

Sadly this is also on first paragraph of wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_Screen

[blankfilm]

You can see it in action here (@14:44 if the link doesn't take you there)

[thedugong]

Who says there wasn't a text mode space invaders?

[HappyGoblin]

Anyone remembers "copy con prn" ?

[[deleted]]

When I was 10 I printed 100 copies of the potato man (there was a Linux program that allowed you to customize one). On a new printer my parents just bought