How spooling works, configuring output devices and access methods, and diagnosing print problems.
Contents
Printing is unglamorous and troublesome. Invoices and delivery notes that will not print stop business directly, so Basis gets called.
Two stages
Spool and output
Stage
What it is
Where to look
Spool request
The output stored in the system
Displayable in SP01
Output request
Sending the spool to a printer
Status in SP01
Output devices (SPAD)
Access methods
Method
Content
Note
L
Local printing via the server
From the SAP host to an OS printer
C
Direct local printing
Windows shared printers
U
Berkeley protocol, remote
Via LPD; common on UNIX
S
SAP protocol, remote
Via SAPLPD; legacy
F
Front-end printing
To the user own PC printer
G
HTTP printing
Via a web server
Device types
Managing spool
Diagnosing by symptom
Symptom
Where to look
No spool is created
Program output settings, user default printer
Spool exists but nothing prints
Device configuration, network, printer
Characters are garbled
Device type and fonts
Layout is wrong
Format and form definition
Only some users affected
User master defaults, authorisations
Check your understanding
Test what you just read.
Quiz 1
Which transaction code is used to view and manage spool requests?
Quiz 2
Which transaction code is used for printer (output device) configuration?
Quiz 3
SAP output is first saved as a spool request before being sent to a printer.
Quiz 4
Leaving unnecessary spool requests has no impact on the system.
Quiz 5
What is the purpose of SP02?
Quiz 6
Arrange the SAP output processing flow in the correct order.
Click items in the correct order
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