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Prerequisites

The device type of the output device must use a POSTSCRIPT or a PCL5 driver. Only then is the pushbutton Unicode Print Setting displayed in transaction SPAD.

You also need special administrator authorization for SPAD.

Context

A Unicode Reference Device Type contains the fonts that are required to print a particular group of languages (such as Latin-2 for East European languages) or a font (such as Cyrillic). The assignment of a URDT to an output device defines which languages or fonts can be printed with that output device in addition to the languages supported by the device type.

In combination with the Unicode Printing Environment (UPE) the bandwidth of the possible characters has been enhanced and performance improved at the same time, since only the characters in the datastream that are not contained in the printer's fonts are sent to the printer.

SAP delivers the following Unicode reference device types:

  • URDTJ (Japanese Flavor)

  • URDTC (Simplified Chinese Flavor)

  • URDTT (Traditional Chinese Flavor)

  • URDTK (Korean Flavor)

Note that you can only assign one URDT to an output device.

Note

The URDTs delivered by SAP cannot be changed in SPAD. To change or add a URDT, use program RSPOUPE_URDT_TOOL.

Procedure

  1. Make sure that the device type of the output device is using a POSTSCRIPT or a PCL5 driver.
  2. Call transaction SPAD.
  3. Choose Unicode Print Settings.
  4. In window Change Unicode Print Settings select a URDT.
  5. Confirm your selection with Select.
  6. In transaction SPAD various setting options for Unicode printing are displayed for this device type in the bottom screen area under Unicode Print Settings.

    You can also change or delete the assignment of a URDT again by choosing Change Assignment, or Delete Assignment. For more information, see F1 help in the system, or choose the information icon.