Entering content frameProcedure documentation Defining Devices for Frontend Printing Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

The use of frontend printing is the same at all frontend workstations and PCs. Just enter the name of a special frontend printer in the R/3 print options dialog.

But setting up frontend printing differs depending on whether your SAP GUI frontend software is running on a Macintosh, UNIX workstation, or Windows PC. The next section describes the set-up and printing procedures.

Prerequisites – Microsoft Windows

To check: Start the R/3 logon program. The version is indicated in the title bar.

To check: Start SAPLLPD.EXE. Choose Help ® About to display the version number. If the SAPlpd program is too old, you can get the newest version by installing the latest SAP GUI frontend software. Always make sure that you have the latest version of SAPlpd.

Prerequisites – UNIX

To check: Start the R/3 logon program. The version is indicated in the title bar.

UNIX systems do not offer a default printer designation that can be used for frontend printing. To use frontend printing, you must therefore define a UNIX printer whose name matches the value in the Host printer field.

Prerequisites – Macintosh

To check: Start the R/3 logon program. The version is indicated in the title bar.

For more information, see the "local printing README" file located in the Documentation folder in your SAP GUI folder. This file describes in detail how to install and set up the shareware application named "lpDaemon" on the Macintosh.

Note

If communication between frontend PCs and application servers in your SAP System runs through SAProuter, you should release the port for the gateway server in table SAPROUTTAB.

Procedure

  1. Call the Spool Administration transaction (SPAD) and choose Output devices on the Devices / servers tab page. Choose Output device ® ® Create, to create a new device definition or Output device ® ® Create using template, to copy an existing output device configuration.
  2. Fill out the remaining fields as follows:
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    Field

    Input

    DeviceAttributes tab page

    Output device

    Create a new device and assign it a name that will be recognizable to your users as a frontend printer.

    If you are defining devices for a mixture of frontend systems, then a systematic naming convention is especially important.

     

    Device type

    SWIN is recommended for Windows PCs. If you want, you can also use model-specific device types instead of SWIN at a PC. Example: if you have a PostScript printer, you can enter the POSTSCPT device type.

    SWIN is not supported at UNIX workstations. Here, you must enter the device type appropriate for the workstation printer.

    HostSpoolAccMethod tab page

    Host spool access method

    Enter access method F for frontend printing

     

    Host printer

    Enter the name __DEFAULT (underscore underscore DEFAULT) to use the default printer on a Microsoft Windows system. If no default printer is defined, then the SAPlpd program attempts to execute frontend printing at the printer on LPT1.

    In UNIX and Macintosh frontends, a printer with this name must be defined. Otherwise frontend printing will not be completed.

    You can enter another name instead of __DEFAULT if you want. However, a printer with this name must exist on each PC, Macintosh, or UNIX workstation where frontend printing occurs.

     

  3. Once you save the device definition, it is available to your users.

Tell your users to enter this device in the Output device field in the print selection screen when they want to use frontend printing.

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text  First Page of SAP Printing Guide

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