Broadcasting to the Printer 

Use

If the distribution type is Broadcast to Printer, the Broadcasting Wizard generates a spool request and sends it to the selected output device for printing. You make the relevant settings for broadcasting to the printer in the steps Specify theme and variable assignment, Define page layout, and Select printer.

Features

Specify Theme and Variable Assignment

Select the theme you want to use for the precalculation. The theme defines the colors and appearance of the precalulated BEx object.

If there are mandatory variables, you need to specify what values are to fill these variables during precalculation.

Define Page Layout

Specify the paper format and the page orientation.

Paper Format: You can choose between the DIN A4 format and letter format.

Page Orientation: You can choose between portrait format or landscape format.

Select Printer

In the Select Printer step, you specify the printer to be used. The Broadcasting Wizard automatically displays the printer that is entered in your personal data in the BW system that is appropriate for the selected output format.

You can also select a different printer. As a general rule, only devices that support the selected output format (PS, PCL, or PDF) are displayed.

 

You can then either execute the broadcast setting here or continue in the wizard to schedule the setting.