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Use this procedure to make a printer that is served by an external output management system (OMS) accessible for R/3 printing and (optionally) faxing.

Prerequisites

  1. You have already defined the external OMS in the SAP spool system. Real OMS (ROMS) and logical OMS (LOMS) definitions must already exist. For more information, see Connecting the Spool System to an External OMS.
  2. Can you already print on your OMS printer from your host systems? If not, then you must first install the output devuce in the OMS.

Procedure

1. Start the device definition. Choose Tools ® CCMS ® Spool ® Spool administration ® Output devices on the Devices / servers tab page. Choose Change and then Create to create a new device definition. If you want to copy the definition of an output device, select this in the list of output devices and choose Create using template.

2. Fill in the fields.

For help filling in the fields, see the following table.
 

Field

Input

DeviceAttributes tab page

Device type

Enter the device type that has been defined in the SAP System for the printer model that you have. You can also use the generic Device Type SWIN here. This means you can use any device supported by Windows, even if the device type is not defined in the SAP System.

For a list of the delivered device types, see SAP Note 8928.

 

Spool server

Enter the name of the SAP Spool Server that is to prepare the output for this device.

 

Authorization group

To assign the output device to an authorization group, enter the name here. For more information, see Authorization Groups for Output Devices.

HostSpoolAccMethod tab page

Host spool access method

Enter E, for printing by way of an external output management system.

 

Host printer

Enter the name of the output device in the external OMS

 

Logical OMS

Choose the LOMS to which this device should be assigned. A LOMS specifies how the device is to be accessed in the external output management system (OMS).

For more information, see Organizing OMS Output Devices in Logical OMSs.

3. Optional: Classify the device.

Choose Edit ® Classification. Choose the output type classification appropriate for this device.

Background: If you classify your servers as well, the spool system checks that the device and server classifications match thus ensuring optimal output configuration.

  1. Save the device definition and exit.

Result

Your OMS printer or fax machine is immediately available to R/3 users and programs for printing R/3 lists and SAPscript forms and documents.

 

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

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