Print Options

Use

Subject to certain prerequisites, an output device can support printing with additional print options. If this is the case, there is a Print Options tab page in the Device Definition. Print options can be set both in the Output Controller (transaction SP01) and in the print dialog for end users. The options and option values that can actually be used for the print request depend on the technical prerequisites of the connected printer and on the default settings for the device type.

Prerequisites

The print options are always supported when printing SAPscript documents and SAP Smart Forms. To be able to also use the print options for SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, the prerequisites describes in SAP Note 1729666 must be fulfilled.
When printing SAPscript documents and SAP Smart Forms, the print options are only available if the output device uses a device type that supports the format type "POSS". The Print Options tab page is only visible for this output device in transaction SPAD if this is the case.
When printing SAP Interactive Forms, the print options are available for all device types that generate the printer languages PCL, PostScript, or PDF. SAP Note 2540620 supports further print options for the printer language ZPL-II.
Depending on the device type used, different print options might be supported when printing SAPscript and SAP Smart Forms documents than for SAP Interactive Forms. To display these differences in transaction SPAD (tab page Print Options column 'Is Supported By'), execute report RSPO0021. When you run the report, enter IFBA_SUPP_POSS as the name of the spool option and select Activate Entry.

Features

Print options are stored in the attributes of the device type. The following options are available:

Input tray
Output tray
Color printing
Double-sided printing
Stapling function
Punch function
Job separation
Page binding
User password

SAP Note 2540620 Information published on SAP site

provides you with the following print options in SAP Interactive Forms for printer language ZPL-II:

Print speed
Backfeed speed
Print mode
Print darkness

Each of the print options can contain multiple values. For example, for the option Stapling Function, there can be values such as “Top-left corner”, "Top center“, “Bottom right”; and for Double-Sided Printing, “Bind on long edge“ or “Bind on short edge“. End users can select these option values in the print dialog box.

In addition to the options listed above, there are three variable options, three list options, and three input field options that vendors of device types can define as they wish.

Activities

Note that the print options and their values are predefined for each device type. As an administrator, you can deactivate options or individual option values, or define them as preselected values for an output device.

For more information, see: Managing Print Options.

Example

Most print options can have many different values. The table below contains some typical examples.

Print Option	Option Value
Input tray	No selection Input tray (auto) Input tray 1 Input tray 2 Input tray 3 Manual paper feed ... Note that under Output Device Output Attributes, the attribute Paper Tray is overridden by the settings in the print options. For more information, see: Special Printing Functions
Output tray	No selection Output tray 1 Output tray 2 Mailbox tray 1 Mailbox tray 2 Finisher booklet tray ...
Color printing	Color printing Monochrome printing Only for color printers. You can use this option to activate or deactivate color printing. For certain PCL-5 and Kyocera printers, under Output Device Output Attributes, you also need to set the Color Printer indicator for the output device. Otherwise color printing will not work when printing SAPscript documents and SAP Smart Forms despite the settings in the print options. For more information, see SAP Note 410727. For SAP Interactive Forms, the Color Printing option is available if you have used report RSPO0022 to set up different XDC files for grayscale printing and color printing. It controls which XDC file is used for printing. For more information, see Administering XDC Files for SAP Device Types.
Double-sided printing	No selection Duplex, long-edge binding Duplex, short-edge binding Simplex ... Note that under Output Device Output Attributes, the attribute Print Mode is overridden by the settings in the print options.
Stapling function	No selection Stapled, top-left corner Stapled, top-right corner Stapled, top edge Stapled, left edge ...
Punch function	No selection Punch, two holes on the left edge Punch, four holes on the left edge Punch, two holes on the top edge Punch, four holes on the top edge ...
Job separation	Indicator: Yes/No
Page binding	Indicator: Yes/No
User password	Input field for password
Print speed	Number between 2 and 14
Backfeed speed	Number between 2 and 14
Print mode (for label printing)	No selection Rewind Tear-off Peel-off Cutter Applicator The print mode defines the actions performed by the printer post-printing. If the print mode is set, the parameter Prepeel is also available, and can have the values On and Off.
Print darkness	Number between 0 and 30

Examples of vendor-dependent options:

Draft mode
A3 drawer
Ring binder
Side tray
...