Usage Note 23416: Which SAS system options affect the ODS
PRINTER code?
The following SAS system options affect ODS PRINTER code. This is not an
exclusive list. Other options (such as NUMBER, DATE, and PAGENO=) affect
ODS PRINTER code just as they affect the listing. Yet others (such
as PRINTERPATH=) affect ODS PRINTER output, but their use is not
recommended as there are simpler ways to accomplish the same thing (in
this case, PRINTER= and FILE=).
This list concerns only those aspects of the ODS PRINTER output that are
exclusively controlled by SAS system options and that are supported in
SAS 7 and later.
- ORIENTATION
- Orientation of the paper: LANDSCAPE,
PORTRAIT, REVERSELANDSCAPE, REVERSEPORTRAIT. Default is PORTRAIT.
- PAPERSIZE
- The paper size: LETTER, LEGAL, A4, etc.
Default is LETTER. The default is affected by the LOCALE= option.
- PAPERSOURCE
- The paper source (paper tray) to use.
Specific to the printer; entirely meaningless for many printers.
- PAPERDEST
- The paper destination (output bin) to use.
Specific to the printer; entirely meaningless for almost all printers.
- PAPERTYPE
- The type of paper to use: STANDARD, TRANSPARENCY,
GLOSSY, and so forth. Default is STANDARD.
Rarely will a printer be found for which this is meaningful.
- LEFTMARGIN
- Size of the left margin in inches.
This is the "printer margin"; that is, ODS PRINTER code assumes that the
printer is physically incapable of printing outside this margin.
- RIGHTMARGIN
- The right margin in inches.
This is the "printer margin"; that is, ODS PRINTER code assumes that the
printer is physically incapable of printing outside this margin. This
is different from the RIGHTMARGIN in the ODS style definition. ODS
PRINTER code may print some information (in particular, the page number)
in the space between the two right margins if there's room.
- TOPMARGIN
- The top margin in inches.
This is the "printer margin"; that is, ODS PRINTER code assumes that the
printer is physically incapable of printing outside this margin.
- BOTTOMMARGIN
- The bottom margin in inches.
This is the "printer margin"; that is, ODS PRINTER code assumes that the
printer is physically incapable of printing outside this margin.
- DUPLEX | NODUPLEX
- Specifies single-sided or double-sided printing.
- BINDING
- Specifies for the binding edge to be DEFAULTEDGE, LONGEDGE,
or SHORTEDGE.
- COPIES
- Number of copies to print. Default is 1.
- COLLATE | NOCOLLATE
- specifies whether multiple copies
are collated. Only some printers support collation.
- COLORPRINTING | NOCOLORPRINTING
- Specifies whether
to print in color or monochrome/grayscale. Ignored if the printer is not
color-capable. (Of course, PostScript printers always claim to be
color-capable whether they actually print in color or not. In such a
case the use of this option determines whether SAS or the printer does
the color translation.)
In general, all of these options should default to the user's or
administrator's regular printer preferences; thus, it will not usually be
necessary to use them.
For example, on the PC all the defaults will
inherit from your Windows printer settings. Please note that in
versions prior to 8.2, there are some known bugs with some of these on
the PC (NOCOLORPRINTING in particular does not work as expected).
Operating System and Release Information
*
For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed
Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be
fixed.
| Type: | Usage Note |
| Priority: | low |
| Topic: | SAS Reference ==> ODS (Output Delivery System)
System Administration ==> Printing
|
| Date Modified: | 2005-02-08 09:51:49 |
| Date Created: | 2003-09-29 11:53:57 |
