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ADM100 Lesson: Configuring Printers in SAP Systems
Print control
Print controls allow the control of particular display options of output
devices, such as boldface, changing the font size, changing the
font, and so on. Print controls use device-specific control character
sequences. That is, to create a new device type, the display options
offered in the SAP system must be stored with the control character
sequences that the selected printer model supports. The control
character sequences to be used can be found in the device vendor’s
documentation.
Youcanseethatusingdevicesforwhichnosuitabledevicetypeexistsin
the SAP system may mean a significant effort.
You can refer the participants to SAP Remote Consulting as a possible
source of help for problems when creating device types.
Figure 117: Selecting an Appropriate Device Type
How do you assign the correct device type to your printer?
• In the ideal situation, there is already a device type in your SAP
system. Note that a separate device type is not required for every
printer model of a vendor, but just for each model family.
• SAP Note 8928 contains a list of all printers supported by SAP. There
is an attachment for this SAP Note containing corresponding device
types.
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