Example: PC Printing (SAP Library - SAP Printing Guide (BC))

Example: PC Printing

Assume you have the following configuration:

An application server named C11_HPUX_11 on a UNIX workstation with the host name HPUX.

A Windows NT PC called PC0033.

There is no R/3 application server on PC0033. You want to use SAP002 as the server for outputting R/3 data. The available output devices include the local printer SAP002P and the shared printer \\SAP003\SAP003P.

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To implement this printing configuration do the following:

Ensure that R/3 application server HPUX_C11_11 provides spool processing. You can do this by editing the application server definition in the Computing Center Management System (CCMS).

Start the R/3 SAPLPD transfer program on PC0033. SAPLPD is installed with the SAP GUI frontend software.

To start SAPLPD automatically add the program icon to the Startup folder under Start ® Programs or to the Start program group in the Program Manager (depending on the Windows system you are using).

In the PC0033 print manager, define LPT1, \\PC0035\LPT1, and \\PC0035\FAX1 as output devices. LPT1 is a local printer. \\PC0035\LPT1 is a shared printer. \\PC0035\FAX1 is a shared fax machine.

The R/3 System accesses these devices in the same way by passing output requests to the print manager in PC0033.

Create definitions for these printers in the SAP spool system (Tools ® CCMS ® Spool ® Spool administration and Output devices).

Specify HPUX_C11_11 as the Spool server for each printer and fax device.

For Access method, specify S (Print on LPDHOST using R/3 protocol) if the output device is defined with the SWIN device type. Otherwise, you can specify either Access method U (Print on LPDHOST using Berkeley protocol) or S.

In the definition of \\PC0035\FAX1, you need to specify the following:

Specify SWIN as the Device type
Specify S (Print on LPDHOST using R/3 protocol) as the Access method.

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