SAS System Options under Windows |
Specifies a destination printer for printing SAS output.
Default: |
Default system printer
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Valid in: |
configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS
statement, SAS System Options window
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Category: |
Log and procedure output control: Procedure
output
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PROC OPTIONS GROUP= |
LISTCONTROL
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Windows specifics: |
all
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-SYSPRINT
"printer-name"<"destination">
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SYSPRINT="printer-name"<"destination">
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"printer-name"
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specifies the name of the printer as it
is installed under Windows (for example, "Charlie's HP LaserJet").
You can find the list of installed printers on your system by selecting the
Printers item in the Windows Control Panel. The printer-name must be enclosed in double quotation
marks.
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"destination"
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specifies a filename to write the print
file to disk. If specified, then all printer output generated by SAS is routed
to this file, overwriting any existing file with the same name. Even though
the output is not sent directly to a printer, it is still formatted using
the printer driver associated with printer-name.
The destination must be enclosed in double quotation
marks.
The SYSPRINT system option specifies the
destination of a printer where you want to print your SAS output.
If you select a different printer by using the Print
Setup dialog box, the value of the SYSPRINT system option (shown by PROC OPTIONS)
reflects that selection.
If you do not specify the SYSPRINT system option or
the PRTPERSISTDEFAULT system option, the printer-name
and destination arguments use the default system
printer value.
If PRTPERSISTDEFAULT is specified when SAS starts, the
value of SYSPRINT persists from SAS session to SAS session. If both SYSPRINT
and PRTPERSISTDEFAULT are specified when SAS starts, the value of SYSPRINT
is the printer specified by SYSPRINT.
- CAUTION:
- Modifying print options by using
the Windows printing dialog boxes can change the values of SAS printing system
options.
If you set printing options using SAS system options
such as SYSPRINT, and then use the Windows printing dialog boxes to set printing
options, the SAS system options are set to the values specified in the Windows
print dialog
boxes. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/63294/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
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