Hi!
Its pretty clear from all your posts, that you have some really specific questions and graph needs. The AXIS statement is quite versatile, however, options on the AXIS statement, can be affected by your graph procedure of choice and your device driver of choice.
Tech Support has the folks with the graph expertise to help you. You might be better served by opening a track with Tech Support for your graphics creation issues and they can then keep the track open until ALL your graph questions are resolved.
http://support.sas.com/techsup/contact/index.html
Good luck!
cynthia