DialogWeb Help: The PRINT Command

The PRINT command delivers your search results on hardcopy through the postal service or electronically by email or fax.

The basic print statement includes the following elements:

• Set Number
  You can enter the set number of any set created since your last BEGIN command.
• Format Number
  The format determines which fields of each record will display. Available print statement formats include predefined formats and user-defined formats.
• Items
  Item numbers specify the record(s) printed by the PRINT command. You can specify a single record, a range of records (1-10), non-sequential groups of records (1,4,7,12), or a combination of a range of records and non-sequential groups of records (1-10,14,19). To print all the records in a set, enter the word ALL or a range that includes all the records in the set. If an item number is not included in your print statement, the first 50 records in the set are printed; the first 100 records are printed if Format 1 is specified.
• From
  When searching multiple databases in OneSearch, you can specify a database in the print statement by including the word FROM and the database number. For example, to print records 1-10 from set S2 in Format 6 from File 47, enter pr s2/6/1-10 from 47. If you want records from each database in the session, include the words FROM EACH in the print statement. The FROM and FROM EACH options must be the last elements in the print statement.
• Accession Number
  If you know the Dialog accession number of the record you want to print, you can print it directly in most databases. For example, to print the record with accession number 1234567 in Format 5, enter pr 1234567/5.

You can request a maximum of 5,000 items in one PRINT command. A second PRINT command must be entered for items above 5,000.

In response to a PRINT command, the system displays a print transaction number (P001, P002, etc.), a print confirmation message, and an estimated cost.

Canceling a Print Request
If you want to cancel a print request, you must do so within 30 minutes of entering the PRINT command into the system.

• To cancel the last PRINT command entered, enter pr- (pr followed by a minus or a hyphen).
• To cancel any previous PRINT command, enter pr- followed by the print transaction number, for example, pr-P005.
• To cancel all print commands, enter pr-all.

To view a list of print requests that can be canceled, enter print query active.