Universal Printing services provides interactive and batch printing capabilities to SAS applications
and procedures. The
ODS PRINTER destination uses Universal Print services as needed, whether the UNIVERSALPRINT
option or the NOUNIVERSALPRINT option is set.
When UNIVERSALPRINT
is specified, SAS sets the following environment:
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The Universal Printing menu
items and dialog boxes are enabled in the windowing environment.
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The PRINTERPATH=
system option is set to a default, non-null value, usually PostScript Level 1, when SAS starts.
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The SYSPRINT= system option is ignored. The value of the PRINTERPATH= system option
specifies the output destination.
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Setting PRINTERPATH=""
sets the value of PRINTERPATH to the default value.
To use the Windows printing
environment in SAS, set NOUNIVERSALPRINT. SAS sets the following environment:
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The initial value of the PRINTERPATH= system option is null and SAS enables the Windows
print menus and dialog boxes.
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If the PRINTERPATH= system option is set to a non-null value, SAS uses Universal Printing.
SAS uses the Windows print dialog boxes but the referenced printer in the dialog
box is not used.
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If PRINTERPATH="", SAS uses the Windows print dialog boxes and the SYSPRINT= system
option specifies the output destination.