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 Printer and Form Determination in Transportation Management

Use

You can use printer and form determination to control which printer is used and which type of form is to be printed.

Features

Printer determination

You can use criteria to define which printer is to be used. If you do not define any criteria, the printer that you have specified in the user profile in your system is used automatically. Printer determination is the same for bills of lading and freight documents.

Form determination

For automatic printing, you can use criteria to specify which form, in other words, which Smart Form, is to be printed.

Example Example

You can print bills of lading based on the country of origin or country of destination, or in accordance with the CMR or VICS standard.

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A separate form determination is available for freight documents and bills of lading.

Note Note

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By default, form determination via the Post Processing Framework (PPF) is used. In Customizing for Transportation Management, you can define the PPF action with a fixed form. To do so, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Transportation Management Next navigation step Basics Next navigation step Define PPF Action Profiles End of the navigation path and Define PPF Conditions .

Activities

To configure printer and form determination, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Settings Next navigation step Shipping and Receiving Next navigation step Transportation Next navigation step Printer and Form Determination. End of the navigation path You must configure the following:

  • Form determination for bills of lading

  • Form determination for freight documents

  • Printer determination for Transportation Management

  • Print profile for Transportation Management