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Function documentationADS Printing

 

You use this action to convert data into PDF, save and print reports and labels.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed and configured SAP NetWeaver Adobe Document Services component. For more information about configuration of SAP NetWeaver Adobe Document Services (ADS), see Configuring ADS Printing in SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence 15.0 Configuration guide.

  • You have set up one or more network printers on your system network and installed printer drivers on the server. Note that after installing a new printer on Windows, SAP NetWeaver server must be restarted for having access to the printers.

  • You have granted appropriate rights to SAP NetWeaver Services starting user to access the network printer. By default, SAP NetWeaver starting user is a local user that cannot access networks resources like network printers. Contact your system administrator for more information. If SAP NetWeaver starting user has been changed, stop SAP NetWeaver from sapmmc console, then stop corresponding OS services and start all of them again.

Features

The properties for this action are listed in the following table:

Screen Name

Property Name

Data Type

Access

Description

XML Data Source

Input

XML

In and out

The XML data for content to print

Format Template (XDP)

XDPFilePath

String

In and out

The document template used to print this document. You can use Adobe Life Cycle Designer to generate the .xdp file and import into your MII project.

Print to Printer (checkbox)

Print

Boolean

In and out

If selected, allows to send file to the selected printer

Print to Printer (dropdown)

PrinterName

String

In and out

Name of printer to use

Printing Format

PrintingFormat

String

In and out

Allows to select printing format. For more information, see Printing Formats below.

Copies

PrintingCopies

Integer

In and out

The number of copies for each run

N/A

XDCFilePath

String

In and out

The name of XDC file. For more information on possible supported file names, see Printing Formats below.

Save as PDF File (checkbox)

Save

Boolean

In and out

If selected, allows to enter full path of file

Save as PDF File (dropdown)

PDFFilePath

String

In and out

PDF file path and name

N/A

EncodedPDF

String

Out

The base64 encoded bit stream of generated PDF. This string is used only when the property Output PDF as Base64 String is set to true.

Output PDF as Base64 String

Output

Boolean

In and out

Allows to control PDF output if property EncodedPDF is used.

N/A

IsSaved

Boolean

Out

Used to inform the user that the document is saved successfully

N/A

IsPrinted

Boolean

Out

Used to inform the user that the document is printed successfully

N/A

ActionSuccess

Boolean

Out

Used to indicate if the action is executed successfully

Note Note

You can view the dynamically generated PDF directly from Web browser.

To do this, proceed as follows:

  1. Create a transaction named pdfGen.

  2. Configure the ADS Printing action.

  3. Enable the Output PDF as Base64 String setting.

  4. Link the base64 output string to you transaction property, for example, pdfString

  5. Launch your Web browser with this URL, you will see the dynamically generated PDF directly: http://<host>:<port>/XMII/Runner?Transaction=pdfGen&OutputParameter=pdfString&IsBinary=true&Content-Type=application/pdfInformation published on non-SAP site.

    Note that you can use any name for a transaction and property, but make sure that it is consistent with the name in a URL.

End of the note.
Printing Formats

Printing Format

XDC File

Description

PDF

acrobat6.xdc

acrobat7.xdc

adobepdf.xdc

pdfa.xdc

Supports data for rendering output in PDF 1.5 (default)

Supports data for rendering output in PDF 1.6

Supports data for rendering output in PDF 1.6 and 1.7

Supports data for rendering output in PDF/A

DPL

dpl203.xdc

dpl300.xdc

dpl406.xdc

dpl600.xdc

For use with 203 dpi Datamax printers

For use with 300 dpi Datamax printers (default)

For use with 406 dpi Datamax printers

For use with 600 dpi Datamax printers

PCL

hp4350pcl5e.xdc

hppcl5c.xdc

hppcl5e.xdc

lmt644pcl5e.xdc

For generating PCL output on an HP 4350 printer

For use with PCL printers that support the HP PCL 5c printer language

For use with PCL printers that support the HP PCL 5e printer language (default)

For generating PCL output on a Lexmark T644 printer

PS

hp4350ps.xdc

lmt644ps.xdc

ps_bw.xdc

ps_plain.xdc

ps_plain_level3.xdc

ps_plain_mt.xdc

For generating PostScript output (monochrome and color) on an HP 4350 printer

For generating PostScript output (monochrome and color) on a Lexmark T644 printer

For use with printers that support PostScript language level 2 (monochrome)

For use with printers that support PostScript language level 2 (monochrome and color) (default)

For use with printers that support PostScript language level 3 (monochrome and color)

For use with printers that support PostScript language and use MT (Monotype) font names

IPL

ipl203.xdc

ipl300.xdc

ipl400.xdc

For use with 203 dpi Intermec printers (default)

For use with 300 dpi Intermec printers

For use with 400 dpi Intermec printers

TPCL

tpcl203.xdc

tpcl305.xdc

tpcl600.xdc

For use with 203 dpi Toshiba printers

For use with 305 dpi Toshiba printers (default)

For use with 600 dpi Toshiba printers

ZPL

zpl203.xdc

zpl300.xdc

zpl600.xdc

For use with 203 dpi Zebra label printers

For use with 300 dpi Zebra label printers (default)

For use with 600 dpi Zebra label printers