SAP printing configuration

SOLUTION WITH SAP LPD (FOR WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 7)

Configure inside sap a new device output

Output device name	eInvoiceXXX
Device type	ZI7Win:Greek ISO 8859-7 alternative you can use i7swin
Device class	Standard printer
Host Spool Access Method	S:Printing using sap protocol
HostPrinter	The ip address or name of the pc/server

Install the local pc sapLpd

Please notice that PCL is been send by SAP whenever is not feasible to send it as EMF. In order to direct sapLpdf to send always as EMF one can do it by other utilizing saplpd.ini file or by setting values in registry:

saplpd.ini

[SAPLPD]

ColorMode=1

ColorBackgound=1

SWBackground=0

PortraitOnly=0

print_spaces=1

WinCharSet=161

SwinDataType=EMF

Or registry configuration

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SAP\SAPlpd\SAPLPD
Type: String
Name: SwinDataType
Value: EMF

$Description: C:\Users\gch\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\SAP_SPAD_DEVTYPE2.jpg$

$Description: C:\Users\gch\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Word\SAP_SPAD_DEVTYPE1.jpg$

SOLUTION WITH SAP SPRINT (FOR WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 7, WINDOWS 2003, WINDOWS 2008)

In sap sprint one cannot define from ini file or registry the default configuration. The tool used for defining those configurations is print option editor.

SAP will produce PCL file for 2 basic reasons:

1., If the document type is not EMF compatible (please use device type i7swin or any other extension based on that configuration.

2., Sap will be not be able to print EMF if LPD port is the same with the one used by Windows, change the LPD port to 5150 and set spool type to EMF.