The Print Window 

Use

When you choose one of the print functions set up in your SAP System, such as Print or , a selection screen appears, the print window, in which you can make all entries required for your printout. For example, you can specify which output device you want to use, whether your print request should be output immediately or only stored temporarily, and so on.

The appearance of the print window varies depending on the SAP application (for examples, see the end of this section). The table below explains the most important fields and functions of the possible selection screens:

Field/Option	Properties
Output device	Enter the name of the printer with which your administrator defined it in the SAP System, such as Printer1. If you want to print on your workstation printer, enter the name than your administrator has assigned as a placeholder (generic name) for workstation printers, such as LOCL.
Number of copies	Specify the number of copies of printouts of this document that are to be produced.
Print All	This option must be selected, if the entire document is to be printed.
Print from page.... To...	You can define which pages of the document are to be printed here.
Print out immediately	You must select this option for your document to be output immediately. If this option is not selected, the system generates only a spool request; that is, the document is only stored temporarily in the SAP spool system. The document is output only when you use the output controller to generate the output request for this spool request.

 

There may be additional parameters, such as Properties or User-Specific Print Parameters, depending on your application. These are details about spool requests, cover sheets, and about output options.

Example

An example of a print window is shown below. This is a print window for printing lists. You want to print using Printer1. Immediate printing (option Output Immediately) is set.

 

If you assign a value to another parameter and want to display it on the Print Screen List initial screen, choose Properties. The Spool Request Attributes screen appears.

 

For example, if you want to change the format, that is the list format, double click Format. A subwindow appears, in which you can change the format. The option Show Selected Print Parameter on Initial Screen also appears. If you select this option and then confirm, the selection field for the format is also displayed on the initial print screen Print Screen List:

For more information about printing, see BC ‑ SAP - Printing Manual.