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Procedure documentation Editing Device Type Formats Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

To define a device type format, do the following:

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       1.      Choose Administration ® CCMS ® Print ® Spool Administration, Full Administration.

       2.      In the Device Types field on the following screen, choose the device type whose device type formats you want to alter. Usually, this will be a device type that you have copied. Confirm your entry and then choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Formats.

       3.      On the next screen, enter the device type format that you want to edit.

       4.      A list of the actions that may be defined in a device type format appears. Actions that are already defined are color-coded. You can edit actions and attributes of the format type for your device type using this screen.

With formats for ABAP lists, you can edit the following attributes:

Attributes: If you are working with PostScript printers, then make sure that the PostScript format active flag is selected for formats for ABAP lists. Do this for every PostScript device format by choosing This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Attributes from this screen and marking the appropriate field.

Caution

With formats that use the POST driver for list printing, do not select the field PostScript format active.

Edit Actions: To make changes to an action, double click the corresponding action. When you do so, the system opens a programming editor in which you can make your changes. Your source for the device-specific commands that you need to enter should of course be the technical guide or programming manual supplied with your printer.

Before you edit any actions, read the important notes.

You can include actions from other device formats with the \I command. You can find more information in the special characters note.

Drivers for List Formats

From SAP R/3 4.5A, special drivers in the SAP kernel, and not the formatting actions now control the format of lists. The drivers can now interpret page formats and paper tray information. With the help of these drivers, you can also print icons, symbols, lines and colors in lists. You can change the attributes of the formats that are passed onto the drivers, such as margins and font sizes.

The new drivers can also interpret paper tray specifications in the printer definition and adapt a selected format to the existing paper format.

If you copy one of the device types HPLJ4000, KYOFS170, or POST2, you can specify in the device type definition that all list formats are to be copied from a list print driver.

However you can also assign particular device type formats to suitable list printer drivers. To do this, proceed as follows:

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       1.      Choose the list format you require from the list of device type formats.

       2.      Choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Attributes. On the next screen, choose This graphic is explained in the accompanying text Attributes again.

       3.      On the next screen, choose the driver for list printing.

    4.      Let the system determine the font width and height automatically or enter the values yourself. To do this, choose Explicit Increment.

Caution

If you specify the values yourself, each characters is set individually in the print format. This weakens the printer's performance considerably.

       5.      Define the attributes of the font for the list format. You can find the information you need to do this in your printer manual.

       6.      Choose Enter and save your input.

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