Output Delivery System: The Basics and Beyond

Using the SAS Printer Drivers

In Windows, when you print to your default printer, or specify a particular printer to use, ODS uses the driver for that printer to generate your output. This means that your output will vary slightly depending on which printer you select.

On all other operating systems, ODS uses printer drivers that are supplied by SAS to generate output. If you'd like your SAS output to be generated the same way on all operating systems, you can add the SAS option to your ODS PRINTER statement when running SAS on Windows. This statement has no effect on other operating systems.

ODS PRINTER SAS;

If you do not want to use the SAS printer drivers, you can choose the opposite option setting: HOST. The default option setting of SAS ...