arcpy.AddMessage

> Btw, recommended practice is to use arcpy.AddMessage rather than
> print, for portability between command line/batch files and arcmap.
> But print is fine if you don't want your message to display inside
> arcmap.

http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/14659/getting-print-statements-in-python-script-to-print-through-a-batch-file