PRINTTO Procedure

Example 4: Routing to a Printer

Features:

PRINTTO statement option: : PRINT=

Details

This example uses PROC PRINTTO to route procedure output directly to a printer.

Program

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60;

filename your_fileref printer
'printer-name';

proc printto print=your_fileref;
run;

Program Description

Set the SAS system options. The NODATE option suppresses the display of the date and time in the output. PAGENO= specifies the starting page number. LINESIZE= specifies the output line length, and PAGESIZE= specifies the number of lines on an output page.

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60;

Associate a fileref with the printer name. The FILENAME statement associates a fileref with the printer name that you specify. If you want to associate a fileref with the default printer, omit 'printer-name'.

filename your_fileref printer
'printer-name';

Specify the file to route to the printer. The PRINT= option specifies the file that PROC PRINTTO routes to the printer.

proc printto print=your_fileref;
run;