This simple example shows Buttons configured with the print button type only. The print button will open a new window in the end user's browser and, by default, automatically trigger the print function allowing the end user to print the table. The window will be closed once the print is complete, or has been cancelled.

It can often be useful to include description text in the print view to provide summary information about the table that will be included in the hard printed copy. The message option of the print button type provides this ability.

The exportOptions.columns option of the print button provides the ability to select only certain columns (using a column-selector). In this example only the visible columns are used for the printing.

The print button provides a lot of flexibility in the selection of the data that is to be exported. The exportOptions object can be used to determine what columns and rows are included in the printed data. A DataTables selector-modifier object can be given using the exportOptions.modifier option and has the ability to determine the order of the print table and if filtering rows are included, among other actions.

By default, when the print button opens the print view window it will automatically call the browser's window.print() method to present the browser's print dialog box to the end user and they can set the options they wish. When the print action is confirmed or cancelled the print view window is then automatically closed.

By default, when the print button opens the print view window it will automatically call the browser's window.print() method to present the browser's print dialog box to the end user and they can set the options they wish. When the print action is confirmed or cancelled the print view window is then automatically closed.