diff --git a/paddle/gserver/evaluators/Evaluator.cpp b/paddle/gserver/evaluators/Evaluator.cpp
index 1a43d3bd996109c24daf622a71a427f7fd7fb931..1b06519713dbba509dee8d6e41b13355a39dd036 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/evaluators/Evaluator.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/evaluators/Evaluator.cpp
@@ -888,19 +888,10 @@ Evaluator* Evaluator::create(const EvaluatorConfig& config) {
  */
 class ValuePrinter : public Evaluator {
 public:
-  ValuePrinter() {}
-
   virtual void eval(const NeuralNetwork& nn) {
     for (const std::string& name : config_.input_layers()) {
-      auto& argu = nn.getLayer(name)->getOutput();
-      std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> out;
-      argu.getValueString(&out);
-      for (auto field : {"value", "id", "sequence pos", "sub-sequence pos"}) {
-        auto it = out.find(field);
-        if (it != out.end()) {
-          LOG(INFO) << "layer=" << name << " " << field << ":\n" << it->second;
-        }
-      }
+      nn.getLayer(name)->getOutput().printValueString(LOG(INFO),
+                                                      "layer=" + name + " ");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/paddle/gserver/layers/PrintLayer.cpp b/paddle/gserver/layers/PrintLayer.cpp
index f1f3dd412c67a9570831a3299905487c5ddacc6b..de198af111be4200dd1b240f6de9464e3f43b06d 100644
--- a/paddle/gserver/layers/PrintLayer.cpp
+++ b/paddle/gserver/layers/PrintLayer.cpp
@@ -19,25 +19,17 @@ namespace paddle {
 class PrintLayer : public Layer {
 public:
   explicit PrintLayer(const LayerConfig& config) : Layer(config) {}
-  void forward(PassType passType) override;
-  void backward(const UpdateCallback& callback) override {}
-};
 
-void PrintLayer::forward(PassType passType) {
-  Layer::forward(passType);
-  for (size_t i = 0; i != inputLayers_.size(); ++i) {
-    auto& argu = getInput(i);
-    const std::string& name = inputLayers_[i]->getName();
-    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> out;
-    argu.getValueString(&out);
-    for (auto field : {"value", "id", "sequence pos", "sub-sequence pos"}) {
-      auto it = out.find(field);
-      if (it != out.end()) {
-        LOG(INFO) << "layer=" << name << " " << field << ":\n" << it->second;
-      }
+  void forward(PassType passType) override {
+    Layer::forward(passType);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i != inputLayers_.size(); ++i) {
+      getInput(i).printValueString(LOG(INFO),
+                                   "layer=" + inputLayers_[i]->getName() + " ");
     }
   }
-}
+
+  void backward(const UpdateCallback& callback) override {}
+};
 
 REGISTER_LAYER(print, PrintLayer);
 
diff --git a/paddle/parameter/Argument.cpp b/paddle/parameter/Argument.cpp
index e9de0f66987603fdfd3c84853b531330f1852896..7a343cca33f5b420be6192231ac73ca1c2da5fb9 100644
--- a/paddle/parameter/Argument.cpp
+++ b/paddle/parameter/Argument.cpp
@@ -628,6 +628,18 @@ void Argument::getValueString(
   }
 }
 
+void Argument::printValueString(std::ostream& stream,
+                                const std::string& prefix) const {
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> out;
+  getValueString(&out);
+  for (auto field : {"value", "id", "sequence pos", "sub-sequence pos"}) {
+    auto it = out.find(field);
+    if (it != out.end()) {
+      stream << prefix << field << ":\n" << it->second;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void Argument::subArgFrom(const Argument& input,
                           size_t offset,
                           size_t height,
diff --git a/paddle/parameter/Argument.h b/paddle/parameter/Argument.h
index c751dbb855d31d6b6a765de97aca2f5ba2aa3586..e2a8500c3f82a196b3e611167e9728a31de713d3 100644
--- a/paddle/parameter/Argument.h
+++ b/paddle/parameter/Argument.h
@@ -305,6 +305,9 @@ struct Argument {
    * @param out [out]: the return values.
    */
   void getValueString(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string>* out) const;
+
+  void printValueString(std::ostream& stream,
+                        const std::string& prefix = "") const;
 };
 
 }  // namespace paddle