diff --git a/camelot/lattice.py b/camelot/lattice.py
index f779d69..9f0b419 100644
--- a/camelot/lattice.py
+++ b/camelot/lattice.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 
 import cv2
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ class Lattice:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, pdfobject, fill=None, scale=15, jtol=2, mtol=2,
-                 invert=False, debug=None):
+                 invert=False, debug=None, verbose=False):
 
         self.pdfobject = pdfobject
         self.fill = fill
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ class Lattice:
         self.mtol = mtol
         self.invert = invert
         self.debug = debug
+        self.verbose = verbose
         self.tables = {}
         if self.debug is not None:
             self.debug_images = {}
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ class Lattice:
             Dictionary with page number as key and list of tables on that
             page as value.
         """
+        vprint = print if self.verbose else lambda *a, **k: None
         self.pdfobject.split()
         self.pdfobject.convert()
         for page in self.pdfobject.extract():
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ class Lattice:
                 ar = remove_empty(ar)
                 ar = [list(o) for o in ar]
                 page_tables.append(encode_list(ar))
-            print pkey  # verbose
+            vprint(pkey)
             self.tables[pkey] = page_tables
 
         if self.debug is not None:
diff --git a/camelot/pdf.py b/camelot/pdf.py
index eb2e08e..ce8783c 100644
--- a/camelot/pdf.py
+++ b/camelot/pdf.py
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ class Pdf:
     def split(self):
         """Splits pdf into single page pdfs.
         """
+        if not self.pdfname.endswith('.pdf'):
+            raise TypeError("Only PDF format is supported.")
         infile = PdfFileReader(open(self.pdfname, 'rb'), strict=False)
         for p in self.pagenos:
             page = infile.getPage(p - 1)
diff --git a/camelot/stream.py b/camelot/stream.py
index 5139537..7bb09ae 100644
--- a/camelot/stream.py
+++ b/camelot/stream.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -105,13 +106,14 @@ class Stream:
     """
 
     def __init__(self, pdfobject, ncolumns=0, columns=None, ytol=2,
-                 debug=False):
+                 debug=False, verbose=False):
 
         self.pdfobject = pdfobject
         self.ncolumns = ncolumns
         self.columns = columns
         self.ytol = ytol
         self.debug = debug
+        self.verbose = verbose
         self.tables = {}
         if self.debug:
             self.debug_text = {}
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ class Stream:
             Dictionary with page number as key and list of tables on that
             page as value.
         """
+        vprint = print if self.verbose else lambda *a, **k: None
         self.pdfobject.split()
         for page in self.pdfobject.extract():
             p, __, text, __, __ = page
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ class Stream:
                             [ar[r_idx][c_idx], t.get_text().strip()])
                     else:
                         ar[r_idx][c_idx] = t.get_text().strip()
-            print pkey  # verbose
+            vprint(pkey)
             self.tables[pkey] = [encode_list(ar)]
 
         if self.pdfobject.clean:
diff --git a/tools/camelot b/tools/camelot
index 439112e..0d1d36a 100755
--- a/tools/camelot
+++ b/tools/camelot
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python2
+from __future__ import print_function
 import os
 import sys
 import time
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ options:
                            Example: -p 1,3-6,10  [default: 1]
  -f, --format <format>     Output format. (csv,tsv,html,json,xlsx) [default: csv]
  -l, --log                 Print log to file.
+ -V, --verbose             Verbose.
  -o, --output <directory>  Output directory.
 
 camelot methods:
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ def write_to_disk(data, f='csv', output=None, filename=None):
                                       [row for row in data[page][table]]})
             save_data(os.path.join(output, '{}.xlsx'.format(froot)), xlsx_data)
         except ImportError:
-            print "link to install docs"
+            print("link to install docs")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     elif args['<method>'] == 'stream':
         args.update(docopt(stream_doc, argv=argv))
 
+    vprint = print if args['--verbose'] else lambda *a, **k: None
     filename = args['<file>']
     filedir = os.path.dirname(args['<file>'])
     logname, __ = os.path.splitext(filename)
@@ -178,7 +181,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                 jtol=int(args['--jtol']),
                                 mtol=int(args['--mtol']),
                                 invert=args['--invert'],
-                                debug=args['--debug'])
+                                debug=args['--debug'],
+                                verbose=args['--verbose'])
             data = extractor.get_tables()
             if args['--debug']:
                 extractor.plot_geometry(args['--debug'])
@@ -195,7 +199,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                ncolumns=int(args['--ncols']),
                                columns=args['--columns'],
                                ytol=int(args['--ytol']),
-                               debug=args['--debug'])
+                               debug=args['--debug'],
+                               verbose=args['--verbose'])
             data = extractor.get_tables()
             if args['--debug']:
                 extractor.plot_text()
@@ -204,11 +209,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             sys.exit()
 
     if data is None:
-        print "See 'camelot <method> -h' for various parameters you can tweak."
+        print("See 'camelot <method> -h' for various parameters you can tweak.")
     else:
         output = filedir if args['--output'] is None else args['--output']
         write_to_disk(data, f=args['--format'],
                       output=output, filename=filename)
 
-    print "finished in", time.time() - start_time, "seconds"
+    vprint("finished in", time.time() - start_time, "seconds")
     logging.info("Time taken: " + str(time.time() - start_time) + " seconds")