Frontend Printing on Local
Printers
Use
Normally, all printers on which you want to print from the SAP system must be created in the SAP System as output devices. Frontend printing is available to reduce the significant administration effort associated with this. This means that a user logged on to the SAP System through the SAP GUI can use the printers that are only set up at his or her frontend PC.
You only need to create a single output device in the SAP System to be able to address all Microsoft Windows default printers. If users specify this output device for their print requests, the system calls their default printers.
· Users want to print directly at their workstation, without having to create a specific device definition in the SAP System. This is especially the case for users that often work at different work stations or log on to the SAP System on a mobile basis, and want to print at their current location.
· Dynamic IP addresses are used for the frontend. Unlike remote printing, you do not require any fixed IP addresses for frontend printing.
Prerequisite
In addition to the general print authorizations, every user requires the following authorizations for frontend printing:
· Authorization object S_SPO_DEV, authorization field SPODEVICE, authorization %LOC
· Authorization object S_RFC:
|
Field |
Value |
|
RFC_TYPE |
FUGR |
|
RFC_NAME |
LPRF |
|
ACTVT |
16 |
Features
Frontend printing is supported on the following GUI platforms:
· Frontend Printing (SAP GUI for Windows)
A user that is logged on to the SAP System using the SAP GUI for Windows wants to print on a printer defined in his Microsoft Windows host.
· Frontend Printing (SAP GUI for HTML)
A user that is logged on to the SAP System using the SAP GUI for HTML wants to print on a printer at her frontend PC. To do this, the document is converted to a PDF file and can be printed from the browser.
· Frontend Printing Using the Windows Terminal Server (WTS)
A user that is logged on to the SAP System using the SAP GUI over a Windows Terminal Server wants to print on a printer at his frontend PC.
For more information, see Optimal Configuration of Frontend Printing.
See also:
Constraints for Frontend Printing
