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Background documentationDocument (Re)print

 

You use this activity to print or reprint one or more documents for an SFC number, shop order, process lot number, or container number. These documents include traveler documents, label documents, and alternate documents. For more information, see Setting Up ADS Printing.

Note that you can only print documents for production that have already been released to the shop floor.

You can associate the Document Reprint plug-in (SY511) with its own button in POD Maintenance (see POD Button Activities).

Rules

The following table describes rule and settings that you can change for the activity in Activity Maintenance. Note that this rule only applies to Document (Re)print standalone activity (SY510).

Rule

Setting

DEFAULT_PRINT_BY

SFC (default): Displays SFC in the Print By field when the user accesses the Document (Re)print activity

SHOPORDER: Displays Shop Order in the Print By field when the user accesses the Document (Re)print activity

PROCESSLOT: Displays Process Lot in the Print By field when the user accesses the Document (Re)print activity

CONTAINER: Displays Container in the Print By field when the user accesses the Document (Re)print activity

Procedure

To manually print or reprint documents, proceed as follows:

  1. Enter the name of your POD and the object for which to print, such as the SFC number, shop order number, process lot number, or container number, and retrieve the data. The system displays two tables. The first table contains information about the print method. The second table contains information about the documents to print.

    Note that in the Document Reprint plug-in (SY511), the data is filled in automatically based on your POD selection.

  2. In the second table, select the documents you want to print.

  3. Enter the quantity of the document copies you want to print in the Qty field.

  4. If required, enter comments to pass to the printing program in the Document Notes field and choose the Print button. The Document Reprint Confirmation screen appears.

  5. Choose Close to return to the Document Reprint screen.