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PRINT (continued)

PRINT Command Options (continued)

Layout Options

In most databases, prints to postal delivery are produced in a "landscape" layout; they are placed horizontally on a sheet of paper, with multiple items on each page.

However, for postal prints, you can request that the prints be laid out in "portrait" fashion (items printed on a vertical sheet of paper), in "solo" fashion (each item starting at the top of a new page), or both.

Note: OneSearch prints are always printed in the PORTRAIT layout.

To request vertical sheets of postal prints, include the word PORTRAIT (or PORT) in the PRINT command. To request that each item start at the top of a new page, include the word SOLO in the PRINT command. Include both terms to specify PORTRAIT and SOLO layouts together. You can enter these options anywhere, in any order, in either the traditional or the flexible PRINT command format, as shown here:

PRINT S8/7/1-23 PORT
Prints 23 items from set S8 in Format 7 on vertical sheets of paper.

PRINT ALL S4 F5 SOLO
Prints all items from set S4 in Format 5, each item starting at the top of a new sheet of paper.

PRINT / /ALL PORT SOLO
Prints all items from the most recent set in the default format, (usually Format 2), each item starting at the top of a vertical sheet of paper.

HTML Option

Command Format:
PRINT <Sn>/<format>/<items> HTML ADDRESS nnnn

HTML allows for PRINT output to be delivered with simple HTML formatting. This option is most often used for sending emailed prints directly to an intranet or other web-based environment.

Note: If you are setting up an Alert in a database with images and want the results delivered via email, including HTML in your PRINT command is recommended.

The following record typed online in Format 3:

DIALOG®File 1:ERIC
(c) format only 2003 The Dialog Corporation. All rts. 
reserv.

01109325 ERIC NO.: EJ635761 CLEARINGHOUSE NO.: PS532304
Pink and Blue Collar Jobs: Children's Judgments of Job
Status and Job Aspirations in Relation to Sex of Worker.
Liben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Krogh, Holleen R.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v79 n4 p346-63
Aug 2001 2001

displays as follows when printed via email using the HTML option:

 <pre> 
 Record - 1 
  
 DIALOG ® File 1:ERIC 
 (c) format only 2008 Dialog All rts. reserv. 
 </pre> 
 <br> 
 01109325 <B>ERIC Number: </B> 
 EJ635761 &nbsp; <B>Clearinghouse Number: </B> 
 PS532304 
 <br><B><DOCTITLE> 
 Pink and Blue Collar Jobs: Children's Judgments
  of Job Status and Job 
 Aspirations in Relation to Sex of Worker. 
 </DOCTITLE></B> 
 <br><B></B><docauthor> 
 Liben, Lynn S.; Bigler, Rebecca S.; Krogh, Holleen
  R. 
 </docauthor> 
 <br><docjournal> 
 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology</docjournal>v79
  n4 p346-63 
 Aug 
 2001 
 <br><docdate> 
 2001</docdate>

(Flexible PRINT Command Format) 

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