Creating Page Formats (SAP Library - SAP Printing Guide (BC))

Creating Page Formats

To define a new page format, choose Tools ® CCMS ® Spool ® Spool administration. Then choose Full administration and then Page formats on the DeviceTypes tab page. On the next screen choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Change and Create or Create with reference. Fill in the fields on the next screen.

Activating a New Page Format

Before using a new page format, you must specify it as a page format in an SAPscript form. Be careful when replacing a page format in a standard SAPscript form as the form may not necessarily fit on the new page format.

You also have to define a format and device type format for the new page format before you can use it.

Notes

Every page format used by SAPscript must be defined using this function. In addition, note the following two requirements:

AN SAP spool system format must exist for every page format used by SAPscript.
The name of the page format must be identical to the name of the format.

SAP supplies predefined page formats and formats for all standard SAPscript forms.

Do not change the dimensions or orientation in existing standard R/3 page formats. This may cause errors during printing of SAPscript forms.
The page dimensions and orientation you specify in a page format do not directly affect a printer. That is, neither SAPscript nor the spool system automatically translates the specifications into escape sequences for initializing the printer.

Therefore, ensure that the orientation and dimensions you specify here agree with the orientation, margin settings, and other characteristics (if any) specified in the escape sequences for each device type format with which the page format is used.

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