# How to get full screen on System.print.printToImage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197 "2010-09-15T07:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vahterto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vahterto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vahterto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/1 "2010-09-15T07:46:14Z")
Hi I would like to make screen capture button which capture hole screen including navigation bars to image file. I can make this with system.print.printToImage function but it needs container name and I want to include all containers from all windows? Maybe there is better way to do this? Br Tommi Vahtera ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/2 "2010-09-15T08:26:38Z")
The following code prints anything displayed in Ignition. It essentially grabs the frame that holds everything, and prints it. ```auto obj = system.gui.getParentWindow(event) .parent printJob = system.print.createPrintJob(obj) printJob.showPrintDialog = 0 printJob.orientation = system.print.LANDSCAPE printJob.print() ``` ---
**Author:** ![vahterto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e68b1a/32.png) [@vahterto](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vahterto)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/3 "2010-09-15T11:25:16Z")
Thanks, works nice ! ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/4 "2010-09-15T18:53:04Z")
Thanks Kyle, I’ll have to bookmark this. ---
**Author:** ![HALW80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/47e85d/32.png) [@HALW80](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/HALW80)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/5 "2012-12-20T16:37:09Z")
super, this is just what I was looking for too 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PLCINC\_NY](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/plcinc_ny/32/20350_2.png) [@PLCINC\_NY](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PLCINC_NY)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/6 "2020-01-08T18:00:30Z")
> [@Kyle\_Chase](#): > > obj = system.gui.getParentWindow(event) .parent printJob = system.print.createPrintJob(obj) printJob.showPrintDialog = 0 printJob.orientation = system.print.LANDSCAPE printJob.print() Does this still work for Ignition 8.0? I get errors on line three saying " showprintdialog" does not exist... ---
**Author:** ![bkthomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bkthomas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkthomas)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/7 "2020-01-08T18:15:02Z")
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.print.createPrintJob](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.print.createPrintJob) Looks like it has changed to “.setShowPrintDialog(Boolean)” Orientation also changed, “.setOrientation(int)” ```auto obj = system.gui.getParentWindow(event) .parent printJob = system.print.createPrintJob(obj) printJob.setShowPrintDialog(0) printJob.setOrientation(0) printJob.print() ``` ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/8 "2020-01-09T15:49:54Z")
@PLCINC_NY, I just tested the original script, it still works perfectly fine. What are you getting for an error? @bkthomas, nothing has changed. setShowPrintDialog(val) and showPrintDialog = val are the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![PLCINC\_NY](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/plcinc_ny/32/20350_2.png) [@PLCINC\_NY](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PLCINC_NY)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/9 "2020-01-09T18:38:27Z")
Yes. The “setShowPrint(val)” & "setOrientation(0) all worked well . ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/10 "2020-01-09T21:53:32Z")
printJob.showPrint = val and printJob.orientation = val will also work. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-get-full-screen-on-system-print-printtoimage/2197/11 "2022-01-24T15:19:09Z")
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