Chapter 3: Device Drivers | SAS.GRAPH 9.1 Reference, Volumes I and II

Overview

SAS/GRAPH procedures that produce graphics output require a device driver to display the output. This chapter discusses the role of device drivers in generating SAS/GRAPH output, provides directions for selecting and specifying device drivers, and explains how you can change the settings of device parameters.

Other tasks related to device drivers are discussed in Chapter 4, SAS/GRAPH Output, on page 47 and Chapter 9, Introducing SAS/GRAPH Output for the Web, on page 369 and in the SAS Help facility for SAS/GRAPH. These include

displaying graphics output (see Displaying Graphics Output on Monitors or Terminals on page 49)
previewing on one device how output will look on another device (see Previewing Output on page 52)
sending graphics output to a printer or other hardcopy device (see Printing Graphics Output on page 51)
creating external files in other graphics formats for use with other applications (see About Graphics Stream Files on page 60)
creating graphics output that can be referenced in an HTML file and viewed with a Web browser (see About Graphics Stream Files on page 60)

For a description of device catalogs and for information on creating and modifying device drivers, see Chapter 31, The GDEVICE Procedure, on page 915.