Printing in Order of Generation
Use
In an SAP System, if several spool work processes are running on a spool server or load balancing is activated, output requests can, in principle, be processed at the same time.
If load balancing is activated, then output requests for a particular device may be processed by different spool servers. Potentially, a short output request that was generated later could overtake an earlier but longer request.
If printing in the order of generation is absolutely necessary, you must not define any alternative servers. A violation of this order can occur in the following scenario:
Within a single spool server, "print-in-order-of-generation" is always observed, even if there are multiple spool work processes. The spool system allows only a single work process to work on output requests for a particular printer at any one time. Other output requests for the same printer must wait, even if other spool work processes in the server are free. This rule applies regardless of whether static server selection or dynamic selection through load-balancing or alternate servers is in effect.
