Hi, something sticks in my mind from the early days of ODS PDF and you may need to open a track with Tech Support to verify. An ODS PDF file is a proprietary binary file format invented by the Adobe company. In the early days of ODS, you couldn't create PDF files on the mainframe. But then you could, however, as shown in this document, on page 11 http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/templateFAQ/MVSODS3.pdf -- you are advised "when moving the file to an ASCII host, then file will need to be moved as binary ." The document was written for SAS 9.2 however, so perhaps checking with Tech Support is your best bet, unless someone with more recent mainframe experience has the answer. cynthia ... View more