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ADM100 Lesson: Appendix - Troubleshooting Example
Caution: The environment variables that you have set only
take effect when you restart SAP Logon and with a new SAP
GUI.
a) Follow the instructions in the exercise text.
Task 2 Perform a Front End Print
Perform a front end print on the server on which your SAP system is
running.
1. Use the front end printer with the short name TFRP to perform a front
end print. Print the output of transaction SM51 with immediate
output.
a) If necessary, use transaction SU3 to set the test printer
tfrontenddruck2 as the default printer for front end printing and
activate immediate output there. Alternatively, you can choose
the Properties button in the printer selection window when
printing to set the print time to Print out immediately. Printthe
output list from transaction SM51 with these settings.
2. Check whether SAPLPD was started.
Check the status of the output request in transaction SP01.
Hint: The processing of the output request is traced
step-by-step and checked in the following tasks.
a) SAPLPD was started. In transaction SP01, the status for the
output request is Compl.. The other information is similar to that
infigure“SP01OutputRequest:1”inthelessontext.Thestatus
gives a clue as to where problems have occurred. You can view
the complete status information by choosing the Output Request
Status button. You obtain more information in the dialog box
Status Description Request xxx by choosing the Events button.
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