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Printing Labels from SAP R/3 2009

Upload method explained step by step

Requirements for the Upload method

If you want to use Upload method for label printing from SAP R/3 system, you must meet the following:

Requirements Description

NiceDriver for the printer model Install NiceDriver for your printer

model. Without NiceDriver the Export

to SAP functionality is not available.

NiceLabel Suite edition Export to SAP functionality is only

available in NiceLabel Suite edition.

Printer with support for alternate

escape codes (above ASCII code

32)

NiceDriver prepares the printer

stream with instructions for the

printer. Based on these instructions

(programming commands) the printer

prints the label. To be able to print

labels from SAP R/3, the printer must

support instructions that are sent to it

using alternate escape codes. No

character below ASCII code 32 must

be sent to the printer. Not all printers

comply with this demand.

Printer with support for graphic

printing from SAP R/3

When you are using fixed text

elements (formatted in True Type

fonts) or images on the label, they all

are sent to the printer as graphic

elements.

If your printer model does not

support printing of graphic elements

from SAP R/3, such elements cannot

be used on the label.

Your printer might still print graphic

elements directly from NiceLabel

software, but SAP R/3 demands

different syntax when printing them

and this syntax is not applicable to all

printers.

Step 1: Designing label with NiceLabel

Design the label using NiceLabel software on a Windows-based PC computer. Please note that the

Upload method of label printing is not available for all thermal printers. An easy way to verify the

method is to check if the command Export to SAP is available in the Export submenu under the File

menu. If the command is available, the connected printer supports the required functionality and the

necessary ITF file can be generated.

Define the R/3 form fields on the PC

In NiceLabel software define prompted variable fields on the label. During print process these fields

will be filled with the data from SAP R/3 system. Make sure they are defined as prompt variables, not

database variables, function variables etc.

Each variable field in the label has its own unique name. You can define variable names similar to the

actual R/3 field names, for example MATNR. This approach will simplify the connection process later,