SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts, Third Edition, Volumes 1 and 2

Introduction

Universal Printing windows give you control over most printing functions through a graphical user interface. (You can also write a program that uses various SAS language elements to configure your printing environment and to control print jobs.)

System Options That Control Universal Printing

Universal Printing can configured in batch mode and interactive mode by setting option values within an OPTIONS statement. The following options control Universal Printing.

Table 17.5: System options that control Universal Printing

System Option

Description

BINDING

Specifies the binding edge for the printer

BOTTOMMARGIN

Specifies the size of the margin at the bottom of the page for printing

COLLATE

Specifies the collation of multiple copies for output for the printer

COLORPRINTING

Specifies color printing, if it is supported

COPIES

Specifies the number of copies to make when printing

DUPLEX

Specifies duplexing controls for printing

LEFTMARGIN

Specifies the size of the margin on the left side of the page

ORIENTATION

Specifies the paper orientation to use (either portrait or landscape)

PAPERDEST

Specifies the bin or output paper tray to receive printed output

PAPERSIZE

Specifies the paper size to use when printing.

PAPERSOURCE

Specifies the input paper tray to use for printing

PAPERTYPE

Specifies the type of paper to use for printing.

PRINTERPATH

Specifies a printer for Universal Printing print jobs (see Note on page 274)

RIGHTMARGIN

Specifies the size of the margin on the right side of the page

SYSPRINTFONT

Specifies the font to use when printing

TOPMARGIN

Specifies the size of the margin at the top of the page

Note  

The PRINTERPATH option specifies which printer will be used.

In the Windows environment, the default printer is the current Windows system printer or the printer specified by the SYSPRINT option; therefore, Universal Printing is not used. In all other operating environments, Universal Printing is used and the default printer is Postscript Level 1. To change this printer, use the DMPRINTSETUP command to open the Print Setup window.

Defining Printers for Batch-Mode

Printer definitions can be created for an individual, or for all SAS users at a site, by using the PRTDEF procedure. PROC PRTDEF can be used to do many of the same printer management activities that you can also do with the Universal Printing windows. PROC PRTDEF is especially useful if you use SAS in batch mode, where the Universal Printing windows are unavailable.

Only system administrators or others who have write permission to the SASHELP library can use PROC PRTDEF to create printer definitions for all SAS users at a site.

To define one or more printers with PROC PRTDEF, you first create a SAS data set that contains variables corresponding to printer attributes. PROC PRTDEF reads the data set and converts the variable attributes into one or more printer definitions in the SAS registry.

See Base SAS Procedures Guide for more information about PROC PRTDEF.

Defining New Printers and Previewers with PROC PRTDEF

Introduction

These examples show you how to use PROC PRTDEF to define new printers and to manage your installed printers and previewers.

After a program statement containing PROC PRINTDEF runs successfully, the printers or previewers that have been defined will be displayed in the Print Setup window. A complete set of all available printers and previewers will be displayed in the Printer name list. Printer definitions can also be seen in the Registry Editor window under CORE\\PRINTING\\PRINTERS.

Creating a Data Set that Defines Multiple Printers

When you create a data set to use with PROC PRTDEF to define a printer, you must specify the name, model, device and destination variables.

See the PRTDEF procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide for the names of the optional variables that you can also use.

data printers; input name $& model $& device $& dest $&; datalines; Myprinter PostScript Level 1 PRINTER printer1 Laserjet PCL 5 Printer PIPE lp -dprinter5 Color LaserJet PostScript Level 2 PIPE lp -dprinter2 ; run;

After you create the data set containing the variables, you run a SAS program that contains PROC PRTDEF. PROC PRTDEF defines the printers that are named in the data set by creating the appropriate entries in the SAS registry.

proc prtdef data=printers usesashelp; run;

Installing a Printer Definition for Multiple Users

This example creates a Tektronix Phaser 780 printer definition with a Ghostview print previewer in the SASUSER registry. The bottom margin is set to two centimeters, the font size to 14 point, and the paper size to A4.

data tek780; name = "Tek780"; desc = "Test Lab Phaser 780P"; model = "Tek Phaser 780 Plus"; device = "PRINTER"; dest = "testlab3"; preview = "Ghostview"; units = "cm"; bottom = 2; fontsize = 14; papersiz = "ISO A4"; run; proc prtdef data=tek780; run;

Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Printer Definitions

This example uses the PRINTERS data set to add, modify, and delete printer definitions. See the PRTDEF procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide for more variables that you can use to define a printer. The following list describes the variables used in the example:

The following example creates a printer definition in the SASHELP library. Because the definition is in SASHELP, the definition becomes available to all users. Special system administration privileges are required to write to the SASHELP library. An individual user can create a personal printer definition by specifying the SASUSER library instead.

data printers; length name $ 80 model $ 80 device $ 8 dest $ 80 opcode $ 3; input opcode $ & name $ & model $ & device $ & dest $ &; datalines; add Color Postscript PostScript Level 2 (Color) DISK sasprt.ps mod LaserJet 5 PCL 5 DISK sasprt.pcl del Gray Postscript PostScript Level 2 (Gray Scale) DISK sasprt.ps del test PostScript Level 2 (Color) DISK sasprt.ps add ColorPS PostScript Level 2 (Color) DISK sasprt.ps ; proc prtdef data=printers list library=sashelp; run;

Note  

If the end user modifies and saves new attributes for an administrator-defined printer in the SASHELP library, the printer will become a user-defined printer in the SASUSER library. Values that are specified by the user will override the values that were set by the administrator. If the user-defined printer definition is deleted, the administrator-defined printer will reappear.

Creating a Ghostview Previewer Definition for Previewing Postscript Output

This example creates the GSVIEW data set. The variables in the GSVIEW data set have values that PROC PRTDEF uses to produce the print previewer definition in the SAS registry.

data gsview; name = "Ghostview"; desc = "Print Preview with Ghostview"; model= "PostScript Level 2 (Color)"; viewer = 'ghostview %s'; device = "dummy"; dest = " "; run; proc prtdef data=gsview list replace; run;

Exporting and Backing Up Printer Definitions

PROC PRTEXP enables you to backup your printer definitions as a SAS data set that can be restored with PROC PRTDEF.

PROC PRTEXP has the following syntax:

PROC PRTEXP [USESASHELP] [OUT=dataset] [SELECT EXCLUDE] printer_1 printer_2 ... printer_n;

The following example shows how to back up four printer definitions (named PDF, postscript, PCL5 and PCL5c) using PROC PRTEXP.

proc prtexp out=printers; select PDF postscript PCL5 PCL5c; run;

For more information, see the PRTEXP procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide .

Sample Values for the Device Type, Destination and Host Options Fields

The following list provides examples of the printer values for device type, destination and host options. Because these values can be dependent on each other, and the values can vary by operating environment, several different examples are shown. You might want to refer to this list when you are installing or modifying a printer or when you change the destination of your output.

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