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Function documentationManual Printing

 

You can use this function to manually print production-related documents, such as travelers, labels, and packing lists, at any time after the order is released to the shop floor (see Document (Re)print).

Prerequisites

  1. You have set up printing (see Setting Up ADS Printing).

  2. If the ability to manually print documents from a POD is required, you have associated the Document Print activity (SY521) with a button and layout in POD Maintenance (see Setting Up PODs for Production Operators, Creating New POD Buttons, and Grouping Buttons).

Features

You can execute manual printing in two ways:

  • Using the Document Reprint (SY510) activity from activity manager

  • Using the Document Reprint plug-in (SY511) activity from a POD

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.