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- Some features can be disabled (so that the user cannot see and thus not change them).
- For each feature some values can be disabled (so that the user cannot see and thus not select/specify them).
- For each feature 1 value can be pre-selected as fixed (so that the user cannot change it).
- It is not possible for a feature to specify one value as default, other than "No selection" which implies the device default.
Upon printing, the User, in the Print Parameters dialog, specifies the Output device, then, to change the defaults, he can click the new button
labeled "Additional Options".
There he can specify his desired combination of settings by a few clicks (only from those features and values that were not disabled and not
fixed (pre-selected) by the Administrator).
Note: (ABAP)
When printing an ABAP report, POSS will not become effective. As with non-POSS Device types, settings need to be made in the SETUP
("Printer initialization") Action of the corresponding X_ll_cc Format.
1. Configuring POSS: initially once, by the Administrator
For each physical printer device, follow these steps:
a. Connect and test the printer device, as described further above.
b. From the device model and the installed options, determine the Device type to be used.
If it is not available on the system yet, obtain and import it.
c. For each logical printer (corresponding to a combination of settings) to be defined for that device, follow these steps:
c1. Create an Output device, name it suitably, connect it to the printer, and map it to the above Device type.
c2. For each POSS Print Option (device feature), and for each of its Option Values (settings), determine:
- whether it is physically available on the physical device. (Refer to Appendix POSS of the corresponding Volume 3.)
- whether the User is supposed to configure it.
If not, on the "Print Options" tab, disable it: [_] Disable.
Alternatively, if only 1 fixed value is to be used, check [X] Preselection.
This protects it against accidental or unwanted changes by the user.
For the procedure details, refer to Appendix 1P ("Configuration using POSS") below.
2. Using POSS: upon each printing, by the User
If the User prints from SAPscript or SmartForms, specifying a POSS-enabled Output device, the Print Parameters dialog will show an additional
button labeled "Additional options".
If the User wants to override the device default settings of one or more POSS options which were not disabled by the Administrator, he may click
the button and configure them.
Preselections by the Administrator appear greyed out and cannot be overridden.
If "No selection" is displayed, no command will be sent; i.e. the device default will become effective.
For the procedure details, refer to Appendix 1P ("Configuration using POSS") below.
Note: ("Volatility/Retention of settings")
The POSS settings made by the User for a particular Print job are retained across subsequent print jobs, within the same login session, but only
until a different Output Device is specified or the same Output Device is being re-specified.
They are not retained e.g. after a restart of SO10, or across multiple concurrent sessions, or in subsequent login sessions, of the same user.