504952 - Composite note regarding spooling and printing

Symptom
This note lists the most important notes that are helpful when analyzing print problems.


Other Terms
Spool, SPAD, SP01


Reason and Prerequisites



Solution

General information

  18274    Problem message incomplete -> Spool/Printer/Fax
  26009    R/3 System does not print, first steps
164323    Where do I find information on the topic of printing?


No print output

  1336   Spooler reports database I/0 error
   7140   Problem printing very large lists


Output is incorrect

   2774  Umlauts (national special character) become '#'
   3085  Unwanted empty pages between the printouts
   3102  SAPscript print problems (standard page formats)
   4572  No output on UNIX despite 'finished' status
  11214  Print problems: Changes SPAD/RSTXSCRP/RSTXCPAG
  11733  WRITE or(!) ROLLBACK WORK
  27799  Turn off unwanted form feeds
121898   Euro character from SAPscript as of 4.6A
183948  Identical output on PCL-5,PostScript,SAPWIN
409339   Spool requests with ABAP lists with more than 255 columns


Remote printing, network printing, front-end printing

   2863   Which LPD is required for remote printing?
  10758   SAPSprint or SAPLPD cannot be reached.  What should be done?
  12550  Problems with remotely connected printers (WAN)
  12552  Request for debugging information for SAPLPD
  13350  Font control via SAPLPD
  13376  Spooler prints slowly or has stuck entries
  14561  Use SAPSprint/SAPLPD and Barcode DLL to print barcodes
  16420   Problems with SAPLPD
  19291   Setting up printers under UNIX
  21738   Device type SAPWIN
  25941  SAP System does not find host name
  39405  Print on UNIX LPD: "Malformed Address"
  41913  Parameters when calling SAPLPD/log files
  42268  Operate SAPLPD as a service on Windows NT/2000
  44009  SAPLPD or TCP/IP Print server (from UNIX and R/3)
  49698   Connection problems with SAPLPD
  61905  Supply SAPLPD print data
  64628  Using network printers from R/3
  85469  Options for the SAPSprint print server tool
102836   Creating the LPRINT trace
128105   Frontend printing (collective note)
150533   Printing in Windows Terminal Server (WTS)
311037   Printing via e-mail
317851  Creating PDF format using the SAP spooler in 4.6C/4.6B/4.5B
323736   Restrictions with "PDF print" through spooler
328252  Support Packages for SAPLPD and LPRINTG
351230  Frontend printing with HTML GUI/WebGUI (up to Rel. 6.20)
351492  Setting up frontend printing as of Release 4.6B
379515  Troubleshooting frontend printing (access method 'F')
383703  Corrections in SAPLPD (collective note)
385794  Connection problems with network access methods
509681   Front-end print from work process update task
513352   Printing by e-mail (update)
529750   Printing to a local device fails



Spool system, configuration, functionality

  4364   Spooling and printing is *very* slow
   5799  How can you view prepared print data?
   6753  Printing in file (to magnetic tape) or elsewhere
  12260 File I/O error when accessing TemSe object File-IO-error
  13525  Requesting a level 2 trace from spool work process
  15355  Command line parameter for access type L
  16307  Processing times when printing
  16410  Attaching to existing spool requests
  16875  TemSe objects do not match TemSe files
  19706   Tuning the Spooler
  20176  Where is the spool request saved?
  21469  Requesting a printer trace
  21661  TemSe input/output to file that is not open
  41547  How does report RSPO0041 work?
  48284  Creating more than 32000 spool requests
  48400  Reorganization of TemSe and Spool
  64337  Transporting output devices (printers)
  67055  Explanation of syslog message xrtab(?)->? for ????
  81064  Spool trace as of Release 4.0
  85318  Appending documents to existing spool requests
  95774  Analyze print problem w/ UNIX, access method L
  98065  Spool consistency check with RSPO1043 as of 4.0A
108799  How many spool work processes for each instance?
118057   Flexible Configuration of the Spool Service
119147   Spool: Authorizations
130978   RSPO1041 - Replacement for RSPO0041
161516   Printing into a file or anywhere else in NT
352269   Spool kernel patches (collective note)
371919  Internal operation of WEB printing
502604   Problems with external Output Management Systems


Device types, printer languages

   1381  Rerouting a print request to another printer
  3166  Name range for customer-modified printer types
  5196   Printing bar codes with SAPscript
  8928   List of supported printers/device types
  12462  How can I define a new printer font?
  17054  How to copy or change a device type
  17895  Adapting print list formats for customers
  76749  How can you delete a complete device type?
  94233  MICR font support
  96102  Information on double-sided print with SAPscript
143375  Choice of paper tray for printing lists as of Release 4.5
189618   Paper tray and print mode for Smart Forms

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