SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

148 Introduction to Universal Printing Chapter 7
The SASLIB.HOUSES Data Set 178
Summary of Printing Examples 179
Introduction to Universal Printing
Universal Printing is a printing mechanism provided by SAS that supplies printing
support for all operating environments. It is especially helpful for those operating
environments in which printing can be a challenge. With Universal Printing, you can
direct output to printers attached to your local area network, and you can employ all
the font and graphic capabilities of those printers when you generate output.
With SAS Release 8.2, Universal Printing became the default printing method in the
z/OS windowing environment. It is also the default printing method used to generate
ODS (Output Delivery System) and SAS/GRAPH output in all mainframe environments.
Universal Printing is not the default printing method used to generate procedure
output that is text based (such as PROC PRINT output), unless ODS is also used.
Universal Printing is also the default in the UNIX and VMS operating environments.
It is supported, but it is not the default, in the Microsoft Windows operating
environment.
Universal Printing produces output in PostScript, PDF, PCL, GIF, or a file that is
sent directly to an output device.
Using Universal Printing in the Windowing Environment
Setting the Default Printer
A default printer is required for Universal Printing. Unless you define a default
printer, SAS uses a predefined default printer that generates output in PostScript
Level 1 language with a 12-point Courier font.
On z/OS, output goes by default to a sequential data set called .SASPRT.PS
where is the value of the SYSPREF= SAS option.
Defining a New Printer Interactively
To create a new printer definition interactively:
1 Select File Print Setup or
Issue the command DMPRTSETUP.
2 Select New Printer
The first of four Define a New Printer dialog boxes is displayed. Fill out the
fields in these dialog boxes to complete your new printer definition. Alternatively,
you can issue the command DMPRTCREATE PRINTER to start the Define a New
Printer dialog box directly.
Note: The Define a New Printer dialog box does not prompt you for printer detail
fields, including the Protocol and Translate Table (TRANTAB) fields. The printer
details are automatically initialized to those in the prototype you select. When the
Define a New Printer dialog boxes are complete, you will be returned to the
Printer Setup window with the new printer highlighted.