Prerequisites
To print from the spool request list or from the part list described below, you must have a PostScript, PCL, or ZPL printer, since print files can currently only be created for these printer types from the PDF-based forms. You cannot use a printer with the device type SAPWIN/SWIN.
Context
You can display and print spool requests of PDF-based forms from an SAP system.
Since printing of PDF-based forms is based on a different technology, the output controller (transaction SP01) has been adjusted.
Procedure
- In the output controller (transaction SP01), display the list of spool requests.
Documents that were created using the new PDF-based form solution are marked with the PDF icon. If you choose the print icon in the spool request list, the entire spool request is immediately output.
- If you choose Display Contents or the PDF icon, the part list of the spool request appears. A part corresponds to a print document. A spool request contains multiple parts if the add function was used when printing and multiple documents were assigned to one spool request. The system displays the individual parts of a spool request in the part list, together with their size, creation time, and number of pages.
- You have two options for printing:
You can send the spool request or the part or parts to the printer from the part list.
If you print from the part list, you can select and print a part or any number of successive parts (such as parts 4-6).
You can display the PDF files and print from these.
If you print the PDF file using the print functions of the PDF plug-in, the file is printed locally on your Microsoft Windows printer. No output request is generated in the SAP system when printing in this way.
