Printing Shop Papers 

You have the following options:

For more information about storage, see Displaying and Archiving Shop Papers.

Printing the Shop Papers for the Whole Order (Directly)

  1. Choose Logistics ® Plant maintenance ® Maintenance processing ® Order ® Print.
  2. Enter the order number for the order, for which you want to print shop papers, and choose Continue.
  3. You see the types of shop paper that can be printed as well as the print specifications in the Select Shop Papers dialog box.

  4. Select the types of shop paper that you want to print.
  5. Depending on your Customizing settings, individual papers may already have been selected by you. Check all the entries in the dialog box and change them if necessary.

  6. Choose Print/Fax.

The system saves the order.

The shop papers for the order are now printed at the specified printer or faxed to the number you specified. The order now has the status Printed.

Printing the Shop Papers for the Whole Order (When Changing the Order)

  1. Choose Logistics ® Plant maintenance ® Maintenance processing ® Order ® Change.
  2. Enter the order number for the order, for which you want to print shop papers, and choose Continue.
  3. Choose Order ® Print ® Order.
  4. You see the types of shop paper that can be printed as well as the print specifications in the Select Shop Papers dialog box.

  5. Select the types of shop paper that you want to print.
  6. Depending on your Customizing settings, individual papers may already have been selected by you. Check all the entries in the dialog box and change them if necessary.

  7. Choose Print/Fax.

The system saves the order.

The shop papers for the order are now printed at the specified printer or faxed to the number you specified. The order now has the status Printed.

Printing the Shop Papers for the Whole Order (When Putting an Order in Process)

  1. Choose Logistics ® Plant maintenance ® Maintenance processing ® Order ® Change.
  2. Enter the order number for the order, for which you want to print shop papers. This order must not have been released. Choose Continue.
  3. Choose Order ® Functions ® Put in process.
  4. The Put Order in Process dialog box appears, where you must choose between the following options:

The shop papers are printed. The order now has the status Printed.

Now proceed as described under Printing the Shop Papers for the Whole Order (Directly).

Printing Shop Papers for Individual Operations from an Order

  1. Choose Logistics ® Plant maintenance ® Maintenance processing ® Order ® Change.
  2. Enter the order number for the order, for which you want to print shop papers, and choose Continue.
  3. Choose Order ® Print ® Operation selection.
  4. You see all the operations for the order.

  5. Select the operations for which you want to print shop papers and choose Continue.

You see the types of shop paper that can be printed as well as the print specifications in the Select Shop Papers dialog box.

  1. Select the types of shop paper that you want to print.
  2. Depending on your Customizing settings, individual papers may already have been selected by you. Check all the entries in the dialog box and change them if necessary.

  3. Choose Print/Fax.

The system saves the order.

The shop papers for the operations selected from the order are now printed at the specified printer or faxed to the number you specified. The order now has the status Printed.

Reprinting Shop Papers

For reprinting shop papers, you proceed in the same way as when printing them for the first time.

If you print several copies for an order the first time, all of these copies are deemed "original".

If you reprint shop papers, they are automatically marked with "copy" and the current number. The original is assigned number "1".

If no shop papers appear at the appropriate device, then check whether: