Defining Logical Output Devices
Context
You can also define output devices as logical output devices. These logical devices refer to physical devices or to other logical devices, so that you can set up a printer hierarchy. This is useful in the following case, for example.
With the definition of logical output devices, you can also easily transport a whole printer hierarchy into a different system. You then assign the physical devices in the other system.
Procedure
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Call Spool Administration (transaction SPAD), and, on the Devices/Servers tab page, choose the Output Devices pushbutton.
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Choose Change and then Create to create a new device definition.
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Enter a name for the logical output device.
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Choose Logical Output Device as the device class.
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In the Map to field, specify the physical device to which the local device is to map.
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Save your entries.
You can now assign this logical output device to another physical output device as often as required.
