Printing Assistant for Landscapes (PAL) 

Purpose

You use the Printing Assistant for Landscapes (PAL) to configure output devices in one system instead of configuring them separately in each system of your system landscape.

 

Process

After you have decided which system shall serve as the “Central System”,  you define all output devices of your system landscape which use one of the supported access methods as PAL Printers in this system.

Afterwards you distribute the PAL Printer definitions from the Central System to other systems (“Target Systems”) via RFC.

When the distribution is successfully finished, all PAL Printers can be used immediately on the Target Systems for actual printing.

 

We recommend that you use PAL for the administration of:

●      a large number of output devices over a few SAP systems

●      a few output devices over a large number of SAP systems  

●      a large number of output devices over a large number of SAP systems

 

The Printing Assistant for Landscapes (PAL) is intended for SPAD administrators only. For information about SPAD administrator authorization, see Authorizations for the System.  For information about the Spool Administration in general, see SAP Printing Guide.

You can access PAL directly (transaction code PAL) or by choosing Administration → CCMS → Print  →  Printing Assistant for Landscapes. The Printing Assistant for Landscapes (PAL) is intended for SPAD administrators only.

 

The following applications are required for PAL:

●      Spool Administration (transaction code SPAD or choose Administration → CCMS → Print→  Spool Administration)

●      RFC Destinations (transaction code SM59 or choose Administration → System Administration → Administration → Network → RFC Destinations)