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mySAP Business Suite
Printing Terminology
01/19/2010 ZebraDesigner™ for mySAP™ Business Suite Reference Guide 14103L-003
Printing Terminology
Below is a detailed explanation of mySAP Business Suite™ printing terminology:
Output Device This is the name of the print queue. On older versions of mySAP Business
Suite™, it must be four alphanumeric characters such as ZKM1. In mySAP Business Suite™
server versions 4.0 or higher, this can be up to 40 characters.
Device Type This is the name of the printer (device type) and would normally be ZLB_ZEB
or ZLB_ZEBU. In mySAP Business Suite™ server version 4.6D or higher, these device types
will be included and will not require uploading. Due to this, they will be known as LB_ZEB
and LB_ZEBU.
Spool Server This is the name of the server that will do the spooling. Use the browse button
to pick a server that has a spool process associated with it (it is highlighted in red if it doesn’t
have a spool server associated with it).
Access Method This field must be filled before host printer, although it is listed after it!
This is the most important and complicated field for setup of print queues (output devices).
Summaries of these options follow:
Access Method Description
F = (PC Front End Printing)
This access method is used to direct output to printers that can
be reached from your front end PCs, but aren’t necessarily
defined in your SAP R/3 system. Immediate output with this
access method on Windows front end requires SAPlpd, which
is started automatically. This is also the perfect choice if you
always want the output to be sent to the same PC as the
request for the output came from.
G = (Front-End Printing
with Control Tech)
This access method is front-end printing with control
technology and available as of SAP Web AS 6.20. It has
simplified configuration and more stable execution, since
SAPlpd is no longer required. The printer selection is called
directly from the control. Front-end printing is possible for
non-Windows platforms with SAP GUI for Java.
In the long-term, it will also replace front-end printing using
SAPlpd (access method F) for printing from SAP GUI for
Windows.
L = Local Printing using
commands
This access method is generally used to locally print from a
UNIX system. The spool work process of the SAP System
and the host spool system (operating system spooler) are on
the same host. By default the lp or lpr commands are sued to
pass the print job to the host spooler.
C = Direct operating
system call
With this access method, the print data is transferred directly
to the local print manager. This is usually on a Microsoft
Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000 system or
AS/400/OS/390.
The spool work process of the SAP System and the host spool
system (operating system spooler) are on the same host.