diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7017425e..85dabbf3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ xo_add_genfacet(
     OUTPUT_CPP_DIR src/reader2
     )
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 # note: manual target; generated code committed to git
 xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     TARGET xo-reader2-facetimpl-syntaxstatemachine-exprseqstate
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     OUTPUT_CPP_DIR src/reader2
 )
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 # note: manual target; generated code committed to git
 xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     TARGET xo-reader2-facetimpl-syntaxstatemachine-definessm
@@ -68,6 +72,8 @@ xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     OUTPUT_CPP_DIR src/reader2
 )
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+
 # note: manual target; generated code committed to git
 xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     TARGET xo-reader2-facetimpl-syntaxstatemachine-expectsymbolssm
@@ -80,6 +86,18 @@ xo_add_genfacetimpl(
     OUTPUT_CPP_DIR src/reader2
 )
 
+# note: manual target; generated code committed to git
+xo_add_genfacetimpl(
+    TARGET xo-reader2-facetimpl-printable-expectsymbolssm
+    FACET_PKG xo_printable2
+    FACET Printable
+    REPR ExpectSymbolSsm
+    INPUT idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5
+    OUTPUT_HPP_DIR include/xo/reader2
+    OUTPUT_IMPL_SUBDIR ssm
+    OUTPUT_CPP_DIR src/reader2
+)
+
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 # shared library
 
diff --git a/idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5 b/idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d662986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+    mode: "implementation",
+    includes: [ "<xo/printable2/Printable.hpp>",
+                "<xo/printable2/detail/IPrintable_Xfer.hpp>" ],
+    local_types: [],
+    namespace1: "xo",
+    namespace2: "scm",
+    facet_idl: "idl/Printable.json5",
+    brief: "provide APrintable interface for DExpectSymbolSsm",
+    using_doxygen: true,
+    repr: "DExpectSymbolSsm",
+    doc: [ "implement APrintable for DExpectSymbolSsm" ],
+}
diff --git a/include/xo/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp b/include/xo/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
index dadd1300..2ecc556d 100644
--- a/include/xo/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "ParserStateMachine.hpp"
 //#include "SyntaxStateMachine.hpp"
 #include "syntaxstatetype.hpp"
+#include <xo/indentlog/print/ppindentinfo.hpp>
 #include <xo/facet/obj.hpp>
 
 namespace xo {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ namespace xo {
         class DExpectSymbolSsm {
         public:
             using DArena = xo::mm::DArena;
+            using ppindentinfo = xo::print::ppindentinfo;
 
         public:
             DExpectSymbolSsm();
@@ -83,7 +85,12 @@ namespace xo {
 
 
             ///@}
+            /** @defgroup scm-expectsymbol-printable-facet printable facet methods **/
+            ///@{
 
+            bool pretty(const ppindentinfo & ppii) const;
+
+            ///@}
         };
     } /*namespace scm*/
 } /*namespace xo*/
diff --git a/include/xo/reader2/ssm/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp b/include/xo/reader2/ssm/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e63383b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/xo/reader2/ssm/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/** @file IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp
+ *
+ *  Generated automagically from ingredients:
+ *  1. code generator:
+ *       [/Users/roland/proj/xo-umbrella2/xo-facet/codegen/genfacet]
+ *     arguments:
+ *       --input [idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5]
+ *  2. jinja2 template for abstract facet .hpp file:
+ *       [iface_facet_repr.hpp.j2]
+ *  3. idl for facet methods
+ *       [idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5]
+ **/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Printable.hpp"
+#include <xo/printable2/Printable.hpp>
+#include <xo/printable2/detail/IPrintable_Xfer.hpp>
+#include "DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp"
+
+namespace xo { namespace scm { class IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm; } }
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace facet {
+        template <>
+        struct FacetImplementation<xo::print::APrintable,
+                                   xo::scm::DExpectSymbolSsm>
+        {
+            using ImplType = xo::print::IPrintable_Xfer
+              <xo::scm::DExpectSymbolSsm,
+               xo::scm::IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm>;
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+        /** @class IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm
+         **/
+        class IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm {
+        public:
+            /** @defgroup scm-printable-dexpectsymbolssm-type-traits **/
+            ///@{
+            using ppindentinfo = xo::print::APrintable::ppindentinfo;
+            using Copaque = xo::print::APrintable::Copaque;
+            using Opaque = xo::print::APrintable::Opaque;
+            ///@}
+            /** @defgroup scm-printable-dexpectsymbolssm-methods **/
+            ///@{
+            // const methods
+            /** Pretty-printing support for this object.
+See [xo-indentlog/xo/indentlog/pretty.hpp] **/
+            static bool pretty(const DExpectSymbolSsm & self, const ppindentinfo & ppii);
+
+            // non-const methods
+            ///@}
+        };
+
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+/* end */
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diff --git a/src/reader2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/reader2/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a04f430..0ad81a49 100644
--- a/src/reader2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/reader2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set(SELF_SRCS
 
     DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
     ISyntaxStateMachine_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
+    IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
 
     reader2_register_facets.cpp
     reader2_register_types.cpp
diff --git a/src/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp b/src/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
index 6afe337c..c859528f 100644
--- a/src/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
+++ b/src/reader2/DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ namespace xo {
                                            sym,
                                            this->get_expect_str());
         }
+
+        bool
+        DExpectSymbolSsm::pretty(const ppindentinfo & ppii) const
+        {
+            return ppii.pps()->pretty_struct
+                (ppii,
+                 "DExpectSymbolSsm"
+                 //refrtag("member", member_)
+                    );
+        }
     } /*namespace scm*/
 } /*namespace xo*/
 
diff --git a/src/reader2/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp b/src/reader2/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cef62a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reader2/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/** @file IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp
+ *
+ *  Generated automagically from ingredients:
+ *  1. code generator:
+ *       [/Users/roland/proj/xo-umbrella2/xo-facet/codegen/genfacet]
+ *     arguments:
+ *       --input [idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5]
+ *  2. jinja2 template for abstract facet .hpp file:
+ *       [iface_facet_any.hpp.j2]
+ *  3. idl for facet methods
+ *       [idl/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.json5]
+**/
+
+#include "ssm/IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.hpp"
+
+namespace xo {
+    namespace scm {
+        auto
+        IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm::pretty(const DExpectSymbolSsm & self, const ppindentinfo & ppii) -> bool
+        {
+            return self.pretty(ppii);
+        }
+
+
+    } /*namespace scm*/
+} /*namespace xo*/
+
+/* end IPrintable_DExpectSymbolSsm.cpp */
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