Creating Formats for SAPscript

A device type must have a format to match every page format that is used in a SAPscript form.

Prerequisites

You must first have created a page format that your format references.

Procedure

Choose Tools CCMS Spool Spool Administration, Full Administration , and then Format Types on the Device Types tab page.
To create your new format, on the next screen choose Change and then Create, or Create with reference:
Give the format a name starting with Y or Z (the reserved namespace for customers). This avoids conflicts with SAP standard formats. The format and page format names should be identical. Example: If, for example, the page format name is ZDINA3, the format must also be called ZDINA3.
In the field Type, enter S (Format for SAPscript).
Select a page format.
Select the fields Portrait and Landscape. These fields are purely documentary and have no effect on processing.
Save your entries.

Result

To complete the implementation of a format, you need to implement it in one or more device types (for information, see Implementing Device Type Formats).

SAPscript uses the standard formats listed below. If you add a new device type, then you should define at least these formats.

Since the format has a purely documentary role, you will need to add commands to the Printer initialization action in the Start of the navigation path Device Type Next navigation step Formats End of the navigation path to set the paper type at the printer for some of these formats, as indicated in the table. See Editing Device Type Formats for information about the commands to enter in the Printer initialization action.

DINA 3	Format for the European DIN A3 paper format. (297 x 420 mm)
DINA 4	Format for the European DIN A4 paper format. (210 x 297 mm)
DINA 5	Format for the European DIN A5 paper format. (148 x 210 mm)
EXECUTIV	Format for the American paper format EXECUTIVE (7 1/4 x 10 1/2 in)
LEGAL	Format for the American paper format LEGAL (8 1/2 x 14 in)
LETTER	Format for the American paper format LETTER (8 1/2 x 11 in)
INCH 2	Format for 2–inch continuous–feed forms (labels, for example)
INCH 4	Format for 4 1/16–inch continuous–feed forms (bank transfers, for example).
INCH4C	Format for 4–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH 5	Format for 5–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH 6	Format for 6–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH 7	Format for 7–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH 8	Format for 8–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH11	Format for 11–inch continuous–feed forms
INCH12	Format for 12–inch continuous–feed forms (check forms, for example).
LINE_21	Format for 21–line continuous–feed forms (3 1/2 inches at 6 lines per inch).
LINE_22	Format for 22–line continuous–feed forms (3 2/3 inches at 6 lines per inch).

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