SAS System Options

COLLATE System Option

Specifies whether to collate multiple copies of printed output.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Log and procedure output control: ODS Printing
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ODSPRINT

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
See Also

Syntax

COLLATE | NOCOLLATE

Syntax Description

COLLATE: specifies to collate multiple copies of printed output.
NOCOLLATE: specifies not to collate multiple copies of printed output. This is the default.

Details

When you send a print job to the printer and you want multiple copies of multiple pages, the COLLATE option controls how the pages are ordered:

	COLLATE causes the pages to print consecutively: 123, 123, 123...
	NOCOLLATE causes the same-numbered pages to print together: 111, 222, 333...

Note: You can also control collation with the SAS windowing environment Page Setup window, invoked with the DMPAGESETUP command. [cautionend]

Most SAS system options are initialized with default settings when SAS is invoked. However, the default settings and option values for some SAS system options might vary both by operating environment and by site. For details, see the SAS documentation for your operating environment.

For additional information about declaring an ODS printer destination, see ODS statements in SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.

For additional information about the SAS universal print facility, see Printing with SAS in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.