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Universal Printing

Beginning with Version 8 of SAS, Universal Printing is supported by the ODS PRINTER statement. In SAS 9.1 and later, output can be created with the ODS PRINTER statement, the ODS PCL statement, the ODS PDF statement, the SAS Print dialog boxes, or with SAS/GRAPH procedures.

Printing with SAS
These are the SAS 9.3 topics about Universal Printing in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

Creating Alias Font Names for SAS Universal Printers
If you need national characters in templates or ODS style definitions that are not provided in the default fonts, you can alias the font names with this method. Two examples are provided.

Using TrueType Fonts with Universal Printing in SAS 9.1 (.pdf)
This documentation is for SAS 9.1.3. TrueType fonts are portable across operating environments and support a wide range of international characters.

What is Universal Printing, and when am I using it?
This FAQ, part of the ODS PRINTER FAQs, provides a great overview.

Archive: Version 8

Adding Hardware Fonts to SAS Universal Printers
Learn two methods of adding fonts, if you need a font that doesn't ship with SAS. Use these methods only for Version 8. For SAS 9.1 and later, use the much easier TrueType method, described above.

Universal Printing in Version 8
Read this preliminary documentation if you are running Release 8.0.

Your Turn

The developers, testers and documentation folk that bring you ODS are very excited about the potential these capabilities bring to the SAS System. You can send electronic mail to Base.Research@sas.com with your comments.