Increase font size of a print out

[Former Member]

Hi,

We neet to print one ABAP report in landscape. The font is very small to be visible. So, we need to increase the font.

Currently while printing on a local computer, the format its using is X_65_255.

Please suggest me what has to be done to increase the font size to get the report clearly visible.

Thanks,

Sailesh K

[RichHeilman]

Since it is defaulting to X_65_255, I assume that your data is stretched across most of the 255 character columns, you need to decrease the amount of info you are showing column wise, if you were to cut the output in half, the format would be X_65_132, then the font size would increase when printed. Follow?

Regards

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi Rich,

I tried that format, but the last 25 columns of my report is not coming in the print out. It seems to be cut.

Please suggest what next to be done.

Thanks,

Sailesh K

[RichHeilman]

Right!! This will happen, this is why I suggest to shorten the size of the report, get rid of gaps in the columns, get rid of un-needed columns, etc. This is the only way to get the font size to increase, because the system wants to show all the data in the report, so it shrinks the font to accomodate the 255. A 132 format looks very good on an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet in landscape. The font is a very good size, as you increase the columms, the font will decrease. Do you understand why it is this way? Think of it this way, if you need to put 500 characters across the page, what do you do? Shrink the font, right? This is what the system is doing when going with larger number of character columns. If you want to get the report to a nice readable font size, you must bring the format down to 132 characters across.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

You can manage the font size "forcing them" when you edit the print controls on your printer created in SAP.

You have to look the print control codes in the manual of your printer and then configurate them in the print controls of your SAP device.

At least I always did it like that

Hope it helps you,