## Remove print declarations

This CIF to CIF transformation removes print and print file declarations from the specification. This may reduce the size of the specification. It may also lead to the specification being supported by more tools, as the print and print file declarations may use features of the CIF language that certain tools don’t support.

This CIF to CIF transformation removes only print and print file declarations. The Remove I/O declarations CIF to CIF transformation removes them as well, but additionally also removes the other I/O declarations.

### Supported specifications

This transformation supports all CIF specifications.

### Preprocessing

n/a

### Implementation details

All print and print file declarations are removed from the specification.

### Renaming

n/a

### Size considerations

Since information is removed from the specification, the specification can only become smaller as a result of this transformation.

### Optimality

n/a

### Annotations

This transformation does not process, add, or remove any annotations.