Function documentationPrinting Icons and Symbols

 

SAP icons and symbols are defined as special SAP-specific characters.

Icons and symbols in SAPscript texts

To print these, use output devices whose device type uses one of the following printer drivers:

  • HPL2 (PCL-5 printers, such as HPLJ4, HPLJ5, HPLJ5SI, or HPLJ4000)

  • POST (PostScript printers, such as POSTSCPT, or POST2)

  • PRES (PRESCRIBE printers, such as KYOFS150, or KYOFS170) or

  • SWIN (device types SAPWIN/SWIN and country-specific versions)

Icons and symbols in ABAP lists

If you also want to print these characters in lists, you must define an output device with one of the following device types:

  • HPLJ4000/HPLJ5000/HPLJ1100: Device types for PCL-5-printers

  • KYOFS170: Device type for Prescribe II printers

  • POST2: Device type for PostScript Level 2 printers

  • SAPWIN/SWIN and the country-specific versions: Generic, that is, device-independent device type for printing using Microsoft Windows