SAP Basis

Unit 10: Including Printers in SAP Systems ADM100
Lesson:
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Configuring Printers in SAP Systems
Lesson Duration: 60 minutes
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, you will learn about the output processing architecture. You
will learn how to set up printers in the SAP system.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the architecture and data flow of output processing in the
SAP system
• Create printers and spool servers in the SAP system
• List important access methods
• Manage spool requests
This unit describes the basic work with printers in SAP systems:
configuration and use. Connection methods for “remote”, “local”, “front
end”, and “Web/PDF” printing are introduced. The participants also learn
about working with logical spool servers and which reorganization actions
have to be performed regularly.
Business Example
The administrator sets up printers in the SAP system and monitors the
output of spool requests.
Printing from SAP Systems
There are various document classes in the SAP system (such as report
lists, SAPscript or SAP Smart Forms documents). Although the way in
which documents are created may be completely different, the output on
paper is always performed using the same mechanism in two steps: First a
spool request is created. The spool request contains device-independent
print data and includes administrative information (such as author, date,
number of copies) and the actual print data. Only when the spool request
is to be output on a particular device is an output request created. The
device-independent print data from the spool request is converted to the
printer language that the selected output device understands.
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