# Print out screens for use in manual

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 4, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141 "2019-08-04T01:02:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Marisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Marisa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marisa)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/1 "2019-08-04T01:02:22Z")

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Is there any easy way to print out all the screens within a project? Also my customer has asked for this while the machine is in a container on the Pacific Ocean somewhere, so is there a way to print the screens out whilst having no connection to a controller?  
They are wanting the screen images to form part of their operational manual.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/2 "2019-08-04T12:05:10Z")

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You can write a script to open each window and use [this](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC80/system.print.printToImage) to capture it

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/3 "2019-08-05T01:04:00Z")

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Is this function available only in ignition 8 ?

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/4 "2019-08-05T12:00:36Z")

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[Here](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-ignition-windows/7863) is link for creating screenshots of project windows so they can be saved/printed. I have used it and it does work, although you may have to alter it slightly to fit your needs.

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**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:** [August 5, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/5 "2019-08-05T16:23:59Z")

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No, `system.print.printToImage` has existed in Vision for a long time. There’s no equivalent replacement for Perspective, at least at present.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/6 "2019-08-05T16:52:56Z")

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But the document link given says ignition 8 ! Hence the confusion!

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**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:** [August 5, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/7 "2019-08-05T16:58:09Z")

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…Yes, because it’s in the 8.0 manual, because Vision still exists and is perfectly usable in 8.0.

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**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/print-out-screens-for-use-in-manual/27141/8 "2019-08-05T17:42:38Z")

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I took version 8 as perspective ! Thanks for clarification