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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/NT
- Date added: December 08, 2008
- Total Downloads: 330,796
- Downloads last week: 2,356
- Product Ranking: #25 in System Utilities
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 213 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 07, 2008
Excellent screen capture apps aren't hard to come by, but excellent free ones are. With sophisticated features at no cost, it's hard to reach higher than Gadwin PrintScreen. An attractive, easily navigated interface opens up a customization wonderland for users to decide default settings for shortcut key associations, capture preferences, and output.
For our purposes, the clicking and dragging regions is the clear choice. Misjudge your region's dimensions and Gadwin PrintScreen lets you readjust them without having to start over, something many commercial competitors don't do. Setting the app to automatically open each screen capture in your favorite viewer or editor makes up for the program's lack of built-in image editor, still achieving a seamless screen capture experience from start to finish that grabs and delivers shots just where you want them.
Publisher's description
From Gadwin Systems:Gadwin PrintScreen allows much more flexibility with that Print Screen button at the top of your keyboard. Usually when you hit the Print Screen button it loads the current screen into your clipboard. To save the image you have to open up an image-editing application, paste it, then save the file. Gadwin's free PrintScreen streamlines this whole process. It sits in your System Tray, and you can set a number of options. When you hit print screen (or whichever button you specify), you can choose to save the screen directly to a specific folder. You can also choose to save just a window, or a specific area of the screen. The application also gives you the option of sending the screen capture directly to your printer or as an email, and it will even automatically resize the picture to specified dimensions. You can select the type of image you want to save. Version 4.3 enhances multimonitor support, improves Windows Vista compatibility, and date/time stamp feature.
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User reviews
- All versions: 4.3 starsout of 213 votes
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- Current version: 4.1 starsout of 88 votes
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5 stars
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"An outstanding little ad-on."
Pros: This is a great program that makes your print screen key work in ways you never thought possible. You can decide where to print or even just copy your selected area to the clipboard to use in another program.
Cons: I have put this onto all of my computers as well as friends. Everyone says they can't live without after using it just a few times. It is small doesn't clutter things up the way some others do where you have to use a sscreen icon to start them.
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5 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Now I can finally printscreen?"
Pros: Not only can I print screen, but I can save it as a file to send instead of just pasting into another format.
Cons: Can find any.
Summary: Well worth adding to your arsenal.
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4 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Does what it promises!"
Pros: Easy to use - simple interface - it does what it promises to do
Cons: no complaints
Summary: I like it and will use it whenever I need the tool. Higher praise I can't offer. I like the product.
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5 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Does what I wanted and more"
Pros: Did what I need it to do with minimal fuss
Cons: Nothing I don't like
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5 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Gets the job done!"
Pros: Easy install, small install base, easily configurable, multiple output options
Cons: None found
Summary: Overall a very good app that does about all one would expect or need
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4 stars
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Easy to Use, Intuitive, Very Useful"
Pros: Very intuitive. Able to specify different types of input. Able to specify types of output and location. Able to specify multiple outputs (file, print, clipboard) for a single capture.
No hiccups loading in XP, Vista 32 or Vista 64.Cons: The copy to clipboard function did not work in Vista 32.
When using the rectangular selection function, the target cursor is a little small and hard to pick up. Very minor issue.Summary: The copy to clipboard function did not work in Vista 32 but did in XP and Vista 64. Have yet to hear back from Tech Support.
Able to specify JPEG quality along with GIF, BMP, TIFF, and PNG allows great flexibility. -
5 stars
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Free & easy to use, does exactly what it says it will."
Pros: Download and use in just a few minutes! Capture the whole screen, or a window, or select an area- save as a file (you choose: jpeg, bmp etc.) wherever you want it - or just print it out... done!
You can even choose the shortcut key you want to use!Cons: Being truly free, this item must surely embarass the other software producers here on cnet that merely claim to be 'free'... this IS, they are NOT!
Summary: This is a great tool to have on any pc - easy to use, versatile, and no malware! Free to use, quick to download, simple interface and small file. Can't go wrong!
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2 stars
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Looked like what i wanted, but not."
Pros: Save screen to file works nicely.
Cons: Sending screen to printer is on-size only. Cannot get it to fill sheet of paper.
Summary: Using landscape mode to mimic screen dimensions, and telling printer to scale up 133% results in what looks like the proper, but its offset by a large top margin, cutting off the bottom 1/3 of the image. Why, I don't know. Guess i have to be content with grabbing as a file, then finding that file, and letting windows print it full-sheet.
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4 stars
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Awesome program, but not the best."
Pros: Works very well, has a ton of features.
Cons: I can't think of any off the top of my head.
Summary: Very good screencap program, however, I have found better.
Personally I use a free screencap program that is less known, as I like to help the underdogs, and I don't mind spending an extra 10 seconds editing the pictures. The one I use also has more features, that Gadwin lacks. -
5 stars
Version: Gadwin PrintScreen 4.4
"Love it! Very handy tool."
Pros: I love the choice of image types (gif, bmp, tif) and the ability to print screen directly to email, clipboard or save to file.
Cons: Can't think of any!
Summary: Valuable tool for home or business. Get it!
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