AS/400 Printing: R/3 Spool Administration Settings 

You must enter various information in the spool administration function of the R/3 System. This information includes, for example, device type and access method.

To call the function, select Tools ® CCMS ® Spool ® Spool administration.

Here are some examples of entries for different types of printer.

IBM SCS Printer

Device type

IBMSCS (or IBMSCS2 )

Spool server

<host_ name>_<SID>_<SAP_instance>
 for example, as0001_C11_00

Destination host

<host_name>

Host printer

Name of the output queue (*OUTQ)

Device class

  

Access method

C

 

ASCII Printer

Device type

Select an appropriate printer

Spool server

<host_ name>_<SID>_<SAP_instance>
for example, as0001_C11_00

Destination host

<host_name>

Host printer

Name of the output queue (*OUTQ)

Device class

  

Access method

C

 

ASCII Printer via SAPlpd

Device type

HPLJ5SI

Spool server

<host_name>_<SID>_<SAP_instance>
for example, as0001_C11_00

Destination host

For example, P13013

Host printer

For example, \\p10530\P156

Device class

  

Access method

U

 

AFP Printer

Device type

IBMEFP (or IBMEFP3 )

Spool server

<host_name>_<SID>_<SAP_instance>
for example, as0001_C11_00

Destination host

<host_name>

Host printer

Name of the output queue (*OUTQ)

Device class

  

Access method

L

 

For AFP printing, you also have to specify a suitable command set in the HostspoolAccMethod of the output device profile.

See also AS/400 Printing: AFP Printing

Access Method "L"

Device type

  

Spool server

<host_name>_<SID>_<SAP_instance>
for example, as0001_C11_00

Destination host

<host_name>

Host printer

Name of the output queue (*OUTQ)

Device class

  

Access method

L