Printing Reports and Graphics

Printing Reports

When SAS prints text, it may need information about the type of printer to be used and the way the text will be formatted. This information is stored in a form, a SAS catalog entry of the type FORM. You can create custom forms to define the exact formatting and printing features you want to use. When you do not explicitly select a particular form, a default form is used. Forms are typically used with the mainframe operating environment and are turned off by default on the PC and UNIX operating environments. You can access the Form window subsystem by selecting Tasks Setup Environment Forms management...

For additional information on using the Form window subsystem, refer to SAS Language Reference: Dictionary and the companion documentation for your operating environment.

For more information on printing, see the companion documentation for your operating environment.

Note: To ensure that row and column separators and boxed tabular reports will be printed legibly when using the standard forms characters, you must use these resources:

either the SAS Monospace or the SAS Monospace Bold font
a printer that supports TrueType fonts

Characters that are used in standard forms are specified by using the FORMCHAR system option. Printer fonts are specified by using the SYSPRINTFONT system option. Character and font specifications vary according to your operating environment and your print methods. If you run under the Windows operating environment, see the FORMCHAR and SYSPRINTFONT system options in the companion documentation. For all other operating environments, see these system options in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. [cautionend]

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