Index: clients/java/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java
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--- clients/java/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java	(revision 2103)
+++ clients/java/src/main/java/com/thoughtworks/selenium/HttpCommandProcessor.java	(working copy)
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.thoughtworks.selenium;
 
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
 /**
  * Sends commands and retrieves results via HTTP.
  * @author Ben Griffiths, Jez Humble
@@ -150,6 +153,33 @@
         sessionId = null;
     }
 
+    /** Send capture command to the bridge servlet
+     * 
+     * @param fileType - e.g. "PNG", "JPEG", or "BMP"
+     * @return - a screen shot as buffered image
+     */
+    public BufferedImage getScreenShot(String fileType) {
+        String[] args = new String[] {fileType};
+        DefaultRemoteCommand command = new DefaultRemoteCommand("getScreenshot", args);
+        InputStream inputStream = null;
+        try {
+            inputStream = getCommandResponse(command.getCommandURLString(), inputStream);
+            return ImageIO.read(inputStream);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("WARNING: caught IOExcetion processing doScreenShot(" + fileType + ")");
+            return null;
+        } finally {
+            if (inputStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    inputStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    System.err.println("WARNING: failed to close InputStream processing doScreenShot(" + fileType + ")");
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public String getString(String commandName, String[] args) {
         String result = doCommand(commandName, args);
         if (result.length() >= "OK,".length()) {
Index: server-coreless/src/main/java/org/openqa/selenium/server/SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java
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--- server-coreless/src/main/java/org/openqa/selenium/server/SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java	(revision 2103)
+++ server-coreless/src/main/java/org/openqa/selenium/server/SeleniumDriverResourceHandler.java	(working copy)
@@ -437,6 +437,15 @@
                 log.error("Problem capturing screenshot", e);
                 results = "ERROR: Problem capturing screenshot: " + e.getMessage();
             }
+        } else if ("getScreenshot".equals(cmd)) {
+            try {
+                res.setContentType("image/" + values.get(0));
+                getScreenshot(values.get(0), res);
+                return null;
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.error("Problem get screenshot", e);
+                results = "ERROR: Problem get screenshot: " + e.getMessage();
+            }
         } else if ("keyDownNative".equals(cmd)) {
             try {
                 RobotRetriever.getRobot().keyPress(Integer.parseInt(values.get(0)));
@@ -590,15 +599,25 @@
        }
     }
 
-    private void captureScreenshot(String fileName) throws AWTException, IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+    private BufferedImage doScreenshot() throws AWTException, IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
         Robot robot = RobotRetriever.getRobot();
         Rectangle captureSize = new Rectangle(Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
-        BufferedImage bufferedImage = robot.createScreenCapture(captureSize);
+        return robot.createScreenCapture(captureSize);
+    }
+
+    private void captureScreenshot(String fileName) throws AWTException, IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+        BufferedImage bufferedImage = doScreenshot();
         File outFile = new File(fileName);
         ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, "png", outFile);
         
     }
 
+    private void getScreenshot(String formatName, HttpResponse res) throws AWTException, IOException, InterruptedException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException {
+        // TODO maybe implement null- and empty string check to formatName
+        BufferedImage bufferedImage = doScreenshot();
+        ImageIO.write(bufferedImage, formatName, res.getOutputStream());
+    }
+
     private void shutDown(HttpResponse res) {
         log.info("Shutdown command received");